Inputting holds and pauses with the popover - Dorico Elements - 6.1

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Dorico Elements
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6.1
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You can input holds and pauses using the holds and pauses popover, both during note input and by adding them to existing music.

Procedure
  1. In Write mode, do one of the following:

    • Start note input.

    • Select an item at the rhythmic position where you want to input a fermata or caesura.

    • Select an item on each staff at the rhythmic position where you want to input a breath mark.

  2. Optional: During note input, if you want to input notes and notations onto multiple staves, extend the caret to those staves.
  3. Open the holds and pauses popover in any of the following ways:

    • Press Shift-H.

    • In the Notations toolbox, click Popovers , then Holds and Pauses .

  4. Enter the hold or pause you want into the popover.

    For example, enter fermata for a pause or caesura for a caesura.

  5. Press Return to close the popover.
Result

During note input, the specified hold or pause is input at the caret position. Breath marks are input at the caret position on all staves across which the caret extends.

Breath marks added to existing music are input on each selected staff, at the rhythmic position of the earliest selected either note or item, according to your item input position setting.

Fermatas and caesuras added to existing music are input at the rhythmic position of the earliest selected item.

  • Fermatas appear on all staves at the rhythmic position of the note, chord, or rest that corresponds with the end of the fermata.

  • Breath marks appear to the right of the caret or selected note.

  • Caesuras appear on all staves to the left of the caret or selected note.

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