The following tables contain the entries for the ornaments popover that you can use to input the different ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations available.
You can open the ornaments popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when either an item is selected or the caret is active:
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Press Shift-O.
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In the Notations toolbox, click Popovers
, then Ornaments
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Select an existing ornament and press Return.
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Choose .
The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations toolbox on the right of the window.
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Ornaments
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Type of ornament |
Popover entry |
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Trill: |
tr or trill |
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Short trill: |
shorttr |
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Mordent: |
mor or mordent |
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Turn: |
turn |
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Inverted turn: |
invturn or invertedturn |
Trill intervals
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Trill interval or quality |
Popover entry |
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Interval degree Unison, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, octave |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
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Major |
M, maj, or major |
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Minor |
m, min, or minor |
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Perfect |
p, per, or perf |
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Diminished |
d, dim, or diminished |
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Augmented |
a, aug, or augmented |
Example
To input a trill with a perfect fifth interval, enter tr p5.
Jazz ornaments
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Type of jazz ornament |
Popover entry |
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Bend |
brassbend |
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Flip |
flip |
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Jazz turn |
jazz or shake |
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Smear |
smear |
Jazz articulations
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Type of jazz articulation |
Popover entry |
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Plop (bend) |
plop |
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Plop (smooth) |
plopsmooth |
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Scoop |
scoop |
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Doit (bend) |
doit |
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Doit (smooth) |
doitsmooth |
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Fall (bend) |
fall |
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Fall (smooth) |
fallsmooth |
Other ornaments are available in the Ornaments panel. You can specify the type/length of jazz articulations when using the Ornaments panel but not when using the ornaments popover.
Arpeggio signs
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Type of arpeggio sign |
Popover entry |
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Up arpeggio sign |
arp, arpup, or arpeggioup |
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Down arpeggio sign |
arpdown or arpeggiodown |
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Non arpeggio sign |
nonarp or nonarpeggio |
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Curved arpeggio sign |
slurarp |
Glissando lines
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Type of glissando line |
Popover entry |
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Default style glissando line |
gliss |
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Straight glissando line |
glissstraight |
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Wavy glissando line |
glisswavy |
Guitar techniques
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Type of guitar technique |
Popover entry |
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Guitar bend |
bend |
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Vibrato bar dive and return |
vibbend |
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Vibrato bar scoop |
vibscoop |
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Vibrato bar dip |
vibdip |
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Vibrato bar line Note
Must have duration to show its line. |
wbar or w/bar |
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Hammer-on Note
You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with ascending pitch directions, such as C-D. |
ho or hammer |
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Pull-off Note
You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with descending pitch directions, such as D-C. |
po or pull |
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Hammer-on then pull-off or pull-off then hammer-on (ligado) Note
You must select at least three notes assigned to the same string with alternating pitch directions, such as C-D-C or D-C-D. |
hp, hopo, hammerpull, lig, or ligado |
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Right-hand tapping |
tap |
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Right-hand tapping with pull-off Note
You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with descending pitch directions, such as D-C. |
tappull |
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Left-hand tapping |
lhtap |
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Left-hand tapping with pull-off Note
You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with descending pitch directions, such as D-C. |
lhtappull |