Inputting ornaments/trills with the panel

You can input ornaments, trills, and jazz ornaments using the Ornaments panel, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes.

Note

These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at selection.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
    • Start note input.

    • Select an item on the staff and at the rhythmic position where you want to input an ornament. If you want to input a trill with a specific duration, select items on the staff that span that duration.

  2. In the Notations toolbox, click Panels Panels button, then Ornaments Ornaments button to show the Ornaments panel.
  3. In the Ornaments panel, click the ornament you want.

Result

During note input, ornaments are input at the caret position. Trills are input with a default duration of a quarter note.

When adding ornaments to existing music, they are input at the rhythmic position of the earliest selected item. Trills are input at the rhythmic position of the earliest selected item, with an extender line across the rest of the selection.

Tip

You can specify trill intervals when inputting trills using the popover.