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6 Controls
Allows you to change the order and stem direction of instruments in the selected percussion
kit presentation type. It also allows you to add slash voices to the kit.
You can access dialogs to change the noteheads used for each instrument in the kit by
clicking Edit Noteheads. You can also change how combinations of noteheads, articulations,
and tremolos affect playback by clicking Edit Percussion Playing Techniques.
You can also change the names of individual instruments within percussion kits. Click Edit
Names to open the Edit Instrument Names dialog.
NOTE
This changes the appearance of percussion instrument names in all presentations.
Depending on the percussion kit presentation type, staff labels might use different
information than these instrument names.
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Action bar
Contains options that apply to all presentation types.
Add New Instrument: Opens the instrument picker, which allows you to choose a new
unpitched percussion instrument to be added to the kit.
Add Existing Instrument From Player: Shows a menu listing the other players in your
project that are holding individual percussion instruments not in kits. You can select a
percussion instrument from another player to move to this kit, bringing its music with it.
Remove Instrument From Kit: Removes the selected instrument from the kit, so it
appears as an individual instrument. You can move individual instruments to other
players or into other kit instruments.
Change Instrument: Opens the instrument picker, which allows you to choose a new
unpitched instrument to replace the selected instrument while retaining its music.
Delete Instrument: Deletes the instrument from the kit, including its music.
8 Export Kit
Allows you to export the percussion kit as a library le so you can use it in other projects.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion kits and drum sets on page 869
Staff labels for percussion kits on page 798
Percussion kit presentation types on page 873
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog on page 876
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments on page 875
Setup mode
Instruments
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