Changing the start sign appearance of pedal lines

You can change the appearance of the start of pedal lines individually, independently of your project-wide settings. Pedal line start signs can be shown as variations of the traditional pedal line glyph, other symbols, or text.

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 pedal lines whose start sign appearance you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
    Note

    The pedal lines you select must be the same type; for example, only sustain pedal lines.

  2. In the Properties panel, activate Sign appearance in the Pedal Lines group.
  3. Select one of the options from the menu.

    The options are different according to the type of pedal line selected.

Result

The start sign appearance of the selected pedal lines is changed.

Tip

  • The end signs of una corda pedal lines automatically match their start signs.

  • Deactivating Sign appearance returns the selected pedal lines to your default setting for start sign appearance.

  • You can change the default start sign appearance of all pedal lines project-wide on the Pedal Lines page in Engraving Options.

Example

Sustain pedal lines
Figure 1. Ped. Glyph
Figure 2. Ped Glyph
Figure 3. P Glyph
Figure 4. Symbol
Figure 5. Ped. Text
Figure 6. Hook

Sostenuto pedal lines
Figure 7. Sost. Glyph
Figure 8. S Glyph
Figure 9. Symbol
Figure 10. Sost. text
Figure 11. Sostenuto text

Una corda pedal lines
Figure 12. Symbol
Figure 13. u. c.
Figure 14. una corda

After Completing This Task

If you selected a text sign appearance, you can edit the text shown.