Inputting octave lines with the panel - Dorico Pro - 5.1

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Dorico Pro
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5.1
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You can input octave lines using the Clefs panel, both during note input and by adding them to existing music. You can also input octave lines only into specific voices in multiple-voice contexts.

Note

These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at selection.

Procedure

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

    • Start note input.

    • Select the notes to which you want to add an octave line.

      Note

      If you want to add an octave line for a single voice, only select notes in that voice.

  2. In the Notations toolbox, click Panels Panels button, then Clefs Clefs button to show the Clefs panel.
  3. Input the octave line you want in one of the following ways:

    • To input an octave line for all voices on the selected staves, click it in the Octave Lines section.

    • To input an octave line only for the currently selected voice, Alt/Opt-click it in the Octave Lines section.

    Alternatively, when adding octave lines to existing music, you can click the octave line you want in the Clefs panel first, and then click and drag it to the length you want.

Result

During note input, octave lines are input at the caret position. They are input with a default duration of a quarter note.

Octave lines added to existing music span the duration of either only notes or any items on each selected staff, according to your item input position setting.

Octave lines appear either above or below your selection, depending on whether they indicate that notes are played higher or lower than notated.

The pitches of notes within octave lines are adjusted automatically. For example, notes within octave above lines appear an octave lower than they do without the octave above line.

Tip

You can also lengthen/shorten octave lines after they have been input.