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Turning notes into harmonics
You can turn existing notes into articial and natural harmonics. Harmonics can represent either
the sounding, touched, or stopped pitch.
PREREQUISITE
You have input the notes you want to turn into harmonics. However, the pitch you should input
depends on the style/appearance you want to use.
For natural harmonics, we recommend that you input the desired sounding pitch.
For articial harmonics, we recommend that you input the stopped pitch.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the notes you want to turn into harmonics.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Type in the Harmonics group.
3. Choose one of the following options:
Articial
Natural
RESULT
The selected notes are turned into harmonics of the corresponding type. If the corresponding
playback device has dedicated sounds for harmonics, the selected notes automatically use those
sounds. The sounding pitch of
articial harmonics in playback is also changed accordingly.
Articial harmonics represent the second partial by default. They are shown with a diamond
notehead indicating the touched pitch an octave above the selected notes. On tablature, the
stopped fret is shown on the left and the touched fret is shown on the right in parentheses.
Natural harmonics represent the sounding pitch by default. They are shown with a circle
symbol above the selected notes. On fretted instrument notation staves, natural harmonics
appear as black diamond noteheads. On tablature, the fret of the touched pitch is shown, if it
can be calculated; if it cannot be calculated, a pink question mark is shown above the
tablature.
EXAMPLE
The following examples show the default appearances of natural and articial harmonics on
different staves.
Articial
harmonic on
notation staff
(any instrument)
Articial
harmonic on
tablature
Natural
harmonic on
non-fretted
instrument staff
Natural
harmonic on
fretted
instrument
notation staff
Natural
harmonic on
tablature
Natural
harmonic on
tablature that
cannot be
calculated
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
You can change the partial for harmonics. You can also change the appearance of natural
harmonics and the type of articial harmonics.
If you want to turn harmonics back into normal notes, deactivate Type in the Harmonics group.
Harmonics
Turning notes into harmonics
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