User Manual

10.20
You can embellish melodic lines using grace notes. A grace note is a quick ornamental
note added to a melodic line. Its duration is so brief that it’s not counted as part of the
beats for the measure. Notion reads and plays these notes during playback.
Examples of grace notes.
By Keyboard Shortcut
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. To place a grace note on your Music Cursor, press the G key.
» A grace note displays on your Music Cursor.
3. Continue to press the G key until you see the particular kind of grace note you need. You view in the Music Cursor a
small version of a:
Quarter note one press 16th note three presses
Eighth note two presses 32nd note four presses
4. Position the Music Cursor before the note you want to embellish.
5. Click the mouse or press Enter.
» A grace note has a smaller size than standard (counted) notes.
By Entry Palette
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. In the Entry Palette, hover over the third pane from the left and click your choice of grace note symbol:
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» A representation of the symbol appears on your Music Cursor.
3. Position the Music Cursor before the note you want to embellish.
4. Click the mouse or press Enter.
By Right-Click
You can turn an existing note into a grace note with a right-click.
1. Click the note you want to turn into a grace note.
» Its notehead turns orange to show it is selected.
2. Right-click to open a context menu.
3. Select Notes > Grace Notes.
» Notion turns the highlighted note into a grace note (with the same time value as the original note).
Grace Notes