8va/8vb
If you double-click below the staff the
marking will be used instead unless you have specified
another symbol to use. markings affect playback.
- Click the Smart Shape tool . The Smart Shape
palette appears.
- Click the tool.
The marking usually goes beneath the music it affects.
- Position the cursor in the measure where the
marking is to begin so that the cursor arrow points to the staff to which
you’re attaching it.
- Double-click; on the second click, hold the
button down and drag to the right. Your double-click marks the
side of the marking; as you drag, you increase the length
of the dashed-line bracket. Release the mouse when you’ve positioned the
right end where you want it.
If the marking is already selected, it
displays diamond editing handles. If not, click the Smart Shape tool.
Any Smart Shape created with this tool displays a handle; click the handle
of the marking you want to modify.
- Drag the right or left diamond editing handles
to move the endpoints. Drag the square handle to move the marking. Press
delete to remove it. If the bracket is long enough that
it straddles one or more system (line) breaks, it will automatically break
into two (or more) segments; the continuation portions will have
an in parentheses.
See Also:
Smart Shape
tool