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a grid in the percussion part layout, and have two percussion kits with different presentation
types in the same full score layout.
PROCEDURE
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the percussion kit
presentation type.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar,
Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Players in the page list.
4. In the Percussion section, choose one of the following options for each percussion kit in
your project:
5-line Staff
Grid
Single-line Instruments
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The presentation type is changed for the selected percussion kits in the selected layouts.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion kit presentation types on page 873
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments
As well as using normal playing techniques on notes in percussion kits, you can use the design
and position of noteheads to indicate different playing techniques for unpitched percussion
instruments and percussion kits.
You can indicate playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments in any of the following
ways:
Use playing technique-specic noteheads
Position notes in spaces directly above/below the line on which notes are normally written
Add articulations or single-note tremolos
Add playing techniques in the same ways as for pitched instruments
For example, you can add open and closed techniques for hi-hats using the playing techniques
popover, or by clicking the playing techniques you want in the Playing Techniques panel.
You can edit the set of playing technique-specic noteheads dened for each percussion
instrument in the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog.
RELATED LINKS
Edit Percussion Kit dialog on page 115
Dening how combinations of articulations and single-note tremolos sound in playback on page
455
Exporting percussion kits on page 869
Importing percussion kits on page 870
Input methods for playing techniques, pedal lines, string indicators, and harp pedal diagrams on
page 263
Unpitched percussion
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments
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