Lengthening/Shortening playing techniques

You can lengthen/shorten the duration of playing techniques after they have been input, including string indicators outside the staff. Lengthening a playing technique that was added to a single note gives it duration.

Note

  • You can only lengthen/shorten non-grouped playing techniques or the last playing technique in a group.

  • Lengthening/Shortening playing techniques does not affect playback. The sounds produced in playback rely on the playback playing technique associated with the playing technique, the expression map settings, and sound libraries loaded in the project.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the playing techniques you want to lengthen/shorten.
    Note

    When using the mouse, you can only lengthen/shorten one playing technique at a time. When using the keyboard, you can lengthen/shorten multiple playing techniques, but they must all have duration already.

  2. Lengthen/Shorten the playing techniques in any of the following ways:

    • To lengthen them by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.

    • To shorten them by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

    • To snap the end of a single playing technique to the next notehead, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.

    • To snap the end of a single playing technique to the previous notehead, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

      Note

      • You can only lengthen/shorten playing techniques according to the current rhythmic grid resolution when multiple playing techniques are selected.

      • When using the keyboard, you can only move the end of playing techniques with duration. You can move the start of playing techniques with duration by moving them rhythmically, or by clicking and dragging the start handle.

    • Click and drag the circular handle at the start/end to the right/left.

      Note

      Playing technique groups only have a single handle at their start and end, not individual handles for each playing technique within the group.

Result

Single playing techniques are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid resolution or to the next/previous notehead, whichever is closer.

Multiple playing techniques are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid resolution.

Tip

You can move playing techniques graphically in Engrave mode, including changing their graphical length.