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Dening percussion kits as drum sets
You can dene individual percussion kits as drum sets. Drum sets use a different voicing than
percussion kits when using the ve-line staff presentation.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Players panel, expand the card of the player holding the kit you want to dene as a
drum set.
2. Click the arrow that appears in the kit instrument label when you hover over it and choose
Edit Percussion Kit to open the Edit Percussion Kit dialog.
3. Activate Drum set in the top right of the dialog.
4. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The selected percussion kit is dened as a drum set. The arrangement of voices for instruments
in the kit when using the ve-line staff presentation type follows the default settings for drum
sets.
NOTE
If you no longer want a percussion kit to be dened as a drum set, you can deactivate Drum set
in the Edit Percussion Kit dialog for that kit.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog on page 876
Creating groups of instruments within grid presentation percussion kits
You can create groups of instruments within percussion kits that use the grid presentation type
in order to have a better overview of the instruments in the kit.
In grid presentation percussion kits, the name of each individual instrument is shown in the staff
label. You can simplify the staff label of grid presentation percussion kits by creating groups, for
example, to show Wood Blocks instead of Wood Block (High), Wood Block (Medium), and Wood
Block (Low).
PROCEDURE
1. In the Players panel, expand the card of the player holding the kit in which you want to
create groups in the grid presentation.
2. Click the arrow that appears in the kit instrument label when you hover over it and choose
Edit Percussion Kit to open the Edit Percussion Kit dialog.
3. Click Grid at the top of the dialog.
4. Click the rst instrument you want to include in the group.
5. Shift -click the last instrument you want to include in the group.
NOTE
You can only include adjacent instruments in groups.
6. Click Add.
Setup mode
Instruments
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