Optional notes (parenthesis around a note)
I am using the program (1.3) for drumset scores. I have found ways to do most of the notation I need, but one thing (so far) eludes me. There are times when I want to mark a note as 'optional' or 'ghost' by putting parenthesis around it. As far as I can tell, there is no way to do this, although you can put parenthesis around an accidental. Could this be expanded to put the parenthesis around a note on the drum staff?
Thanks,
John
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Ghost notes are often notated with small notehead in my country (France). You can right click a note -> note properties -> small.
If you want to put parenthesis, press Z and drag and drop the ( and ) on the notehead.
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Both of those methods work fine, thanks
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Thanks, this was helpful!
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I also want to put a parenthesis around a note/cypher. I don't get it. Pressing Z doesn't do anything. Where do you grabe the ( and ) ? And what is the ( and ) ? Are you referring to the Palettes?
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I wanted to put parenthesis around the blue note in the pic.
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In reply to I also want to put a… by edurbrow
You've dug up a very older thread... wow, 2013, still version 1(!), where the Z shortcut was used to access the Symbols palette. This shortcut no longer exists in V4 (but still in V3).
I like this way of doing things because it allows the two parenthesis to be perfectly "solid" (they are like one), while the two symbols in the palette can move around (and it takes longer for the placement to be precise). But this is purely a matter of personal preference.