Changing the staff position of cues from unpitched percussion source instruments

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Dorico Pro
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5.1
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You can change the staff position of cues from unpitched percussion source instruments individually, independently of your project-wide setting.

By default, cues from unpitched percussion source instruments that are not rhythmic cues are positioned on the middle line of staves.

Note

These steps do not apply to rhythmic cues.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the labels of the cues from unpitched percussion source instruments whose staff position you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Unpitched notes pos. in the Cues group.
  3. Change the value in the value field.

Result

The staff position of the selected cues is changed according to the new value. For example, 0 is the middle line of the staff, 4 is the top line of the staff, and -4 is the bottom line of the staff.

Tip

You can change the default staff position of all cues from unpitched percussion source instruments project-wide on the Cues page in Engraving Options.

Example

Unpitched cue on the middle line of the staff (default)
Unpitched cue at a higher staff position