By default, natural harmonics appear as normal noteheads with a circle shown above, which indicates the desired sounding pitch. You can change the appearance of natural harmonics individually; for example, to show them as white diamond noteheads indicating the touched pitch.
These steps only apply to harmonics with the Natural type.
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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 natural harmonics whose appearance you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
- In the Properties panel, activate Style in the Harmonics group.
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Select one of the following options from the menu:
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Circle above
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Sounding (diamond notehead)
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Touched (diamond notehead)
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Optional: If you selected Touched (diamond notehead), activate/deactivate the following properties to show the corresponding pitch as a small, bracketed notehead:
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Show open string
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Show sounding pitch
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The appearance of the selected natural harmonics is changed.
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Changing the appearance of natural harmonics does not automatically change their notated pitch. For example, if you want to change a sounding pitch harmonic to a touched pitch harmonic, you must also change the pitch of the note.
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Dorico Elements automatically assigns touched pitch harmonics to the lowest possible string. You can specify different strings if necessary.
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You can also specify the appearance of natural harmonics when inputting harmonics using the playing techniques popover.
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