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With Notion you can assign other markings to guitar/bass staves, detailed in other topics
of this guide. The lists below are representative (and not exhaustive).
Marks that Aect Playback
Of course, score-level markings (such as time signatures, key signatures, repeats, and metronome marks)
plus notation marks – such as ties, accidentals (but not quarter-tones), dynamic marks, octave transposition
symbols, and tuples – will be heard during playback for guitars/basses – as well as those in the next Table.
Mark Entry Palette Pane Keyboard Shortcut
Fermatas or Tenutos Third from the right 9
Caesuras or Breath marks Third from the right 9
Grace notes Third from the left G
Pedal down/Pedal up
(acts like a Let Ring)
middle pane 8
Staccatos (various) Fourth from the left 1
Marks for Musicians Reading Your Score
There are markings you can add to a guitar/bass part that do not alter the playback, but can
be of value to live musicians reading your composition on hardcopy printouts:
Mark Entry Palette Pane Keyboard Shortcut
Accent marks (various) Fourth from the left 5
Arpeggios (3 options) middle pane Shift + A (3 options)
Down stroke/up stroke
(use downbow/upbow)
middle pane U
Trills middle pane Shift + Accent mark
Other Markings