The Playing Techniques options on the Symbols tab allow you to add instructions to tell performers to modify the sound of the notes that they are playing.
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To show the Playing Techniques options, activate Playing Techniques on the Symbols tab.
The following options are available:
Common
Allows you to choose from commonly used playing techniques that also apply to multiple different instrument families, such as “mute” and “legato”.
Wind
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for wind instruments, such as “key clicks” and “whistle tone”.
Brass
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for brass instruments, such as “cup mute” and “stopped”.
Unpitched Percussion
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for unpitched percussion instruments, such as “rim” and “scrape”.
Pitched Percussion
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for pitched percussion instruments, such as “motor on” and “½ Ped.” for vibraphones.
Keyboard
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for keyboard instruments.
Choral
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for the voice, such as “mouth open” and “tongue click”.
String
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for string instruments, such as “arco” and “pizz”.
Guitar
Allows you to choose from playing techniques that are typically only used for guitars and fretted instruments, such as string indicators, “half barré”, and “strum up”.