User Manual
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These sounds are opposites. A light palm mute dramatically shortens the ring after striking a note, giving the note a
somewhat staccato tone. A let ring permits a note or chord to resonate beyond the written duration, the same eect as a
Pedal Down ( ) or Laissez Vibrare (L.V.) mark.
Palm Mute
Notion supports a palm mute you can add to guitars and electric bass.
1. Either:
> Press the keyboard shortcut of the M key once, or
> In the Entry Palette, hover over the fourth pane from the left and select .
2. Position the Music Cursor at the rst note aected and either press Enter or click your mouse and release.
3. Move your cursor to the right (don’t drag) until you reach the last note aected.
4. Either press Enter or click your mouse to place the mark.
◙ Eighth notes muted.
Also, a shorter, far less sonorous type of left hand mute for a guitar or bass is available
by placing notes on the notation sta that have an x-shaped notehead.
Let Ring
The Let Ring mark instructs the player and Notion playback to permit the notes or chords aected to
resonate beyond their written duration, up to a point marked by the end of the symbol’s tail.
1. Either:
> Press the keyboard shortcut of the M key twice, or
> In the Entry Palette, hover over the fourth pane from the left and select .
2. Position the Music Cursor where resonation should start and either press Enter or click your mouse and release.
3. Move your cursor to the right (don’t drag) until you reach the last beat involved.
4. Either press Enter or click your mouse to place the mark.
◙ Letting a chord’s sound fade out into the next measure.
Palm Mute and Let Ring