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Write mode
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Notations input
You can input many types of notations, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes and music. In Dorico Pro, notation is a broad term that includes many different items, including articulations, slurs, dynamics, and more.
Input methods for playing techniques, pedal lines, string indicators, and harp pedal diagrams
You can input playing techniques with the keyboard by using the playing techniques popover, and with the mouse by using the Playing Techniques panel.
Inputting harp pedal diagrams with the panel
You can input harp pedal diagrams using the Playing Techniques panel.

Inputting harp pedal diagrams with the panel

You can input harp pedal diagrams using the Playing Techniques panel.

Note

You cannot input harp pedal diagrams with the panel during note input.
These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at selection.

Procedure

In Write mode, select an item on a harp staff at the rhythmic position where you want to input a harp pedal diagram.
In the Notations toolbox, click Panels , then Playing Techniques to show the Playing Techniques panel.
In the Playing Techniques panel, expand the Harp Pedals section.
For each pedal, click the column section that corresponds to the required pitch alteration, as displayed by accidentals on the left.
Click Create.

Result

The corresponding harp pedal diagram is input at the selected rhythmic position. Depending on your per-layout settings, it is either displayed as a diagram, using note names, or not shown and instead indicated by a signpost.