User manual

String indicators outside the staff
Example string indicator Popover entry
1 string1
3 string3
RELATED LINKS
Playing techniques on page 710
Groups of playing techniques on page 717
Pedal lines on page 698
Sustain pedal retakes and pedal level changes on page 699
Harp pedaling on page 691
Adding retakes to existing pedal lines with the popover on page 271
Inputting harp pedal diagrams on page 273
Inputting string indicators outside the staff with the popover on page 274
Playing Techniques panel
The Playing Techniques panel contains the different playing techniques available in Dorico SE,
divided into instrument families. Pedal lines are included in the Keyboard section.
● You can hide/show the Playing Techniques panel by clicking Playing Techniques in the
Notations toolbox on the right of the window in Write mode.
You can also hide/show the panel whose icon is currently selected in the Notations toolbox
by pressing Ctrl/Cmd-9 or clicking the disclosure arrow on the right of the window.
The Playing Techniques panel contains the following sections:
Common
Contains commonly used playing techniques that also apply to multiple different
instrument families, such as
“mute” and “legato”.
Wind
Contains playing techniques typically only used for wind instruments, such as “key
clicks” and “whistle tones”.
Brass
Contains playing techniques typically only used for brass instruments, such as “cup
mute” and “stopped”.
Unpitched Percussion
Contains playing techniques typically only used for unpitched percussion instruments,
such as “rim” and “scrape”.
Pitched Percussion
Contains playing techniques typically only used for pitched percussion instruments,
such as “motor on” and “½ Ped.” for vibraphones.
Keyboard
Contains playing techniques typically only used for keyboard instruments, such as
“Ped.” and different pedal depression levels.
Write mode
Notations input
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