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RESULT
A harp pedal diagram is input at the start of your selection. Depending on your per-layout
settings, it is either displayed as a diagram, using note names, or not shown and instead
indicated by a signpost.
Inputting string indicators outside the staff with the popover
You can input string indicators outside the staff using the playing techniques popover, both
during note input and by adding them to existing notes.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
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Start note input.
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Select an item at the rhythmic position where you want to input a string indicator above
the staff. If you want to input a string indicator with a duration line, select items that
span that duration.
2. Optional: If you want to input string indicators onto multiple staves at once, extend the caret
to those staves.
3. Press Shift-P to open the playing techniques popover.
4. Enter the appropriate entry for the string indicator you want into the popover.
For example, enter string1 for just a string 1 indicator or string3-> for a string 3 indicator
with duration.
5. Press Return to close the popover.
Open-ended string indicators, such as string3->, automatically extend during note input as
you continue inputting notes, or if you advance the caret by pressing
Space .
6. Optional: During note input, stop open-ended string indicators by opening the playing
techniques popover again and entering
? into the popover.
This leaves the current string indicator with a duration line. You can also enter another string
indicator into the popover, but this joins the current string indicator to the following one
with a continuation line rather than a duration line, which is a less common notation.
RESULT
The specied string indicators are input. They are considered voice-specic by default, meaning
they only apply to the voice indicated by the caret indicator during step input or the selected
voice when adding string indicators to existing notes. They are automatically placed above the
staff for up-stem voices and below the staff for down-stem voices.
During note input, string indicators are input at the caret position, and extend automatically if
you included an open-ended string indicator with duration.
When adding string indicators to a single existing note, they are added to the selected note only
and have no duration. When adding string indicators to a range of notes, they are added to the
rst note in the selection and have duration, which applies until the end of the selection.
By default, string indicators have dashed duration lines with a hook cap at the end.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
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If you input string indicators without duration but want to show dashed duration lines, you
can add them.
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You can change the staff-relative placement of string indicators.
RELATED LINKS
Playing techniques popover on page 264
String indicators on page 591
Lengthening/Shortening string indicators on page 592
Write mode
Notations input
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