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Additional note and rest formatting
Grace notes
Grace notes
You can turn any note into a grace note. Grace notes are considered to be notes
without lengths. This means that once a note is turned into a grace note it does not
affect the rest of the score display in any way.
Before and after converting to grace notes. Note that after the conversion, the grace notes no
longer “interfere” with the interpretation of the other notes.
Creating grace notes manually
1. Locate the note for which you want a grace note.
2. Insert one or more new notes just before it.
The note value and exact position of the note is not important. However, the pitch
of course is.
From here on there are two ways to go:
• Select the notes and open the Set Note Info dialog, either by double-clicking on
one of the note heads or by clicking the “i” icon on the extended toolbar.
In the dialog, select the Grace note type.
• Right-click on one of the notes and select “Convert to Grace Note” from the
context menu.
This turns the note into a grace note without opening any dialog.
Grace notes and beaming
If two grace notes are at exactly the same position (the same tick), they are put onto
the same stem, as a chord. If multiple grace notes in front of the same note are put on
different positions (even if they are only one tick apart), they are grouped under a
beam.
It is possible to have beamed grace notes overlapping a beam of regular notes, as in
the example below:
Grace notes in the middle of a group of regular notes
Editing a grace note
1. Select one or several grace notes and open the Set Note Info dialog.
2. Select a note value for the stem.
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Grace notes are always positioned just before the next note on the staff. If there is no
note after a grace note on the staff, the grace notes are hidden!