Ornaments

Last updated: 07/30/2024

Ornaments such as trills, mordents and turns add rhythmic flair to the performance. Galant and charming, ornaments were indispensable to composers the of Baroque era. Use the Properties tool and click on any ornament to edit its permutations.

How it works …

1. Inserting and deleting Trills

Select the Trill tool

from the Articulations category in the Symbol Selection window

or by Quick-Select method (

+ Click).

Click on a notehead to assign a trill to the note.

Where you click matters …

Clicking near the tip of the note stem attaches the trill there. Clicking on the note head attaches the trill near there.

You can change the positioning of the trill symbol in Nudge mode (hold down

key). Click and drag the right trill handle to extend or shorten the graphical wavy line of the trill symbol.

To delete a trill, switch to Delete mode

(

key) and click on the symbol.

Animation (0:46) - Inserting, deleting and editing trills

Animation (0:44) - Inserting, deleting and editing trills

How to edit Trill properties …

To open the Trill Properties dialog box, select the Properties tool (in Note Editor tab or Tools tab) or push the ESC key on your keyboard. Then click on any trill symbol in the current SmartScore document.

This dialog box allows you to change the behavior of trills; how many times the trill should quaver. You can edit this behavior to the selected trill as well as all other trills in the document.

Features

Permutation Level (slider): You can use this slider to set the number times the trill will quaver (1 - 32). The Examples window below the slider indicate how the affected note will respond the number of permutations you assign to it.

Back to default (button): With this key you discard the changes in tempo for the selected marking and reactivate the program presets intended for trills.

Apply settings to all trills: Check this box to apply the permutations you set to all current trills in the document.

Apply settings for all future documents: Check this box if you want to apply this trill setting to markings of this type in all subsequent SmartScore files that are created.

Reset presets (button): Reset presets (button): Push this button to reset all trill settings to the installation default.

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