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Notation reference
Unpitched percussion
The term unpitched percussion covers all percussion instruments that are not tuned to specific pitches. This includes instruments such as bass drum, guiro, maracas, cymbals, and shakers.
Percussion legends
Percussion legends list the percussion instruments in use when using the five-line presentation type. Percussion legends can include all instruments that are represented on the staff, or only show sounding instruments in a set range to remind players which instruments to play at certain points.
Erasing the background of percussion legends
You can erase the background of individual percussion legends; for example, to ensure they remain legible when crossing barlines. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Erasing the background of percussion legends

You can erase the background of individual percussion legends; for example, to ensure they remain legible when crossing barlines. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

The lower zone is shown.
Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.
Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

In Engrave mode, select the percussion legends whose backgrounds you want to erase.
In the Properties panel, activate Erase background in the Percussion Legends group.

Result

The backgrounds of the selected percussion legends are erased. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Deactivating Erase background returns the selected percussion legends to the default non-erased background.

After Completing This Task

You can change the padding between percussion legends and each edge of their erased areas.