By default, harmonics indicate the second partial in the harmonic series, which is an octave above the fundamental. You can change the partial for individual harmonics; for example, to indicate higher partials.
For natural harmonics on fretted instruments and all artificial harmonics, you can also specify the node.
Dorico Elements can only correctly calculate artificial harmonic partials for nodes two to twelve.
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The lower zone is shown.
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Properties
is selected in the lower zone toolbar. -
If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing
is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
- Select the harmonics whose partial you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
- For artificial harmonics, in the Properties panel, activate Partial in the Harmonics group.
- Select the partial that you want from the menu.
- To specify the node at which the string should be touched to produce the selected partial, activate Node in the Harmonics group.
- Select the node that you want from the menu.
The partial and node, if applicable, of the selected harmonics are changed.
For artificial harmonics using the Normal type, the pitch of the white diamond notehead/parenthesized fret number is updated automatically. The sounding pitch of artificial harmonics in playback is also changed accordingly.
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Artificial harmonic with default partial (notation and tablature) |
Partial changed to the fifth (notation and tablature) |
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