Changing arpeggio playback relative to the beat

You can change whether individual arpeggios are played before their notated position or after their notated position, independently of your project-wide settings.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the arpeggio signs whose playback relative to the beat you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Playback position in the Arpeggios Playback group.
  3. Choose one of the following options:
    • Start on beat

    • End on beat

Result

The beat-relative position of the selected arpeggios in playback is changed.

Tip

You can change the playback of all arpeggios relative to the beat project-wide on the Timing page in Playback Options.

Example

Figure 1. Arpeggio starting on the beat
Figure 2. Arpeggio ending on the beat