Changing the type of grace notes

Dorico Pro Help

Product
Dorico Pro
Version
5.1
Language
English
Document type
Webhelp
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You can change the type of individual grace notes after they have been input. Grace notes have slashed stems by default, but you can change them to have unslashed stems.

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 grace notes whose type you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, choose one of the following options for Grace note type in the Grace Notes group:
    • Slashed stem

    • Unslashed stem

Result

The selected grace notes are shown with slashed/unslashed stems.

Tip

You can also change the type of selected grace notes by pressing Alt/Opt-/ or clicking and holding Grace Notes in the Notes toolbox, then clicking Unslashed Grace Notes or Slashed Grace Notes .