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Dening how combinations of articulations and single-note
tremolos sound in playback
You can dene specic playback behaviors for particular combinations of articulations and
single-note tremolos in playing
technique-specic noteheads for unpitched percussion
instruments.
PROCEDURE
1. In Setup mode, open the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog in any of the
following ways:
For an individual percussion instrument: In the Players panel, expand the card of the
player holding the instrument, click the arrow in the instrument label, and choose Edit
Percussion Playing Techniques from the menu.
For percussion instruments that are part of percussion kits: In the Players panel, click
the arrow in the kit instrument label, and choose Edit Percussion Kit to open the Edit
Percussion Kit dialog, select the instrument whose playing techniques you want to edit
in the main editing area, and click Edit Percussion Playing Techniques.
2. Select the playing technique-specic notehead whose playback behaviors you want to dene
in the list at the top of the dialog.
3. Click Add Technique in the action bar at the bottom left of the dialog.
4. Click Choose Playing Techniques beside the Playback playing technique eld.
5. Select the playback playing technique you want from the list in the dialog that opens.
You can select multiple playback playing techniques by holding down Ctrl/Cmd and clicking
the playback playing techniques you want.
6. Choose one of the following options:
Replace: Allows you to use this playing technique instead of the default playing
technique
dened for this combination of notehead and staff position.
Add: Allows you to add this playing technique on top of the default playing technique
dened for this combination of notehead and staff position.
7. Choose any articulations and the tremolo stroke that you want from the available options.
8. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.
RESULT
The behavior of the selected playing technique in playback is changed.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog on page 876
Creating new playing technique-specic noteheads for unpitched percussion instruments on
page 878
Play mode
Percussion maps
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