# Autres lignes
## Overview
Musescore **Line** is a type of object capable of attaching (anchoring) to a [horizontal continuous range](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/selecting-elements#creating-a-range-selection) of more than two notes or rests, or vertical collection of notes (chord). A Musescore Line object contains a length of string or arc, and optionally a text. These objects can functionally affect the score, and share similar configurable [line properties](#line-properties), [text properties](#text-tab), and [styles](#style-tab).
Musescore Line objects include these subtypes, follow the hyperlink on text to read their dedicated main chapters, or "jump to section" on this chapter:
* Standard line or Plain line (a simple general purpose, straight line) ([jump to section](#standard-lines))
* [Slurs](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/slurs-and-ties)
* Staff text lines and System text lines ([jump to section](#staff-and-system-text-lines))
* [Hairpins](https://github.com/shoogle/Handbook/blob/fr/docs/notation/expressive-markings/broken-reference/README.md) and crescendo, decrescendo lines
* Tempo lines such as rit --- ([jump to section](#tempo-lines}))
* [Voltas](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/repeats/voltas) (repeat section brackets on top)
* [Idiomatic notation: Keyboard: Pedal](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/idiomatic-notation/keyboard/pedal) markings
* [Octave lines](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/pitch/octave-lines) (8ve etc)
* (Long) Trill lines ([jump to section](#trill-lines))
* [Arpeggios](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/arpeggios-and-glissandos)
* [Glissandi](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/arpeggios-and-glissandos) (slides) and portamento between two notes
* Upprall, Downprall, Prallprall, affects playback
* Guitar-related lines ([jump to section](#guitar-related-lines)): including Barre line, "let ring" line, P.M. --- (palm mute), Vibrato line, and the custom Fingering/String number-line.
* vibrato sawtooth, tremolo sawtooth, does not affect playback
* [Ambitus](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/pitch/ambitus) (an early music feature)
These markings contain length of string or arc, but do **not** belong to Musescore Line objects because they cannot attach (anchor) to a continuous range:
* [Bends](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/arpeggios-and-glissandos) (brass or guitar articulations)
* [Liaisons de prolongation](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/entering-notes-and-rests#ties)
* [Tremolo and rolls](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/tremolos-and-rolls)
* Single note [Ornaments](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/ornaments) such as turns, (short) trills and mordents
* (Staff) [Brackets](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/brackets) and curly braces
* [Barres de mesure](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/rhythm-meter-and-measures/barlines)
* Staff line (To change global staff line thickness, see [Page layout concepts: Staff](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/formatting/page-layout-concepts#staff). Other related settings see [Staff/Part properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/staff-part-properties) chapter.)
**Note**: The following description of actions and general behaviors applies to Line objects discussed here (those do not have a dedicated handbook chapter), for Line objects having dedicated handbook chapters, refer to those chapters for more accurate info.
## Adding a line to your score
The commonest way to add a new Musescore Line is to use either:
* a predefined keyboard shortcut, for example `S` to add slurs (see the respective chapter above), or
* the **Lines** palette and the **Guitar** [palette](https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/palettes)
To apply a line to a [selected range](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/selecting-elements#creating-a-range-selection):
1. Select a range of notes,
2. Click on a line in a palette;
Ou bien
1. Drag a line from a palette to the starting note,
2. Adjust the **end handle** to extend the range (see [Changing range of a line](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/adjusting-elements-directly#changing-the-range-of-a-line)).
To apply a line to a single note:
1. Select a note and click on the desired palette line.
2. Drag a palette line to the desired start note.
## Adjusting a line
To adjust the range of a line, see [Changing range of a line](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/adjusting-elements-directly#changing-the-range-of-a-line).
## Types of lines
### Standard lines
Plain lines are applied from the **Lines** palette. They can be purposed to anything you like such as to [create guitar fingering/string number lines](#guitar-related-lines). They can be adjusted to be diagonal or vertical.
### Staff and System Text lines
A staff text line, like [staff text](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/text/staff-system-and-expression-text), is affixed to one staff in a system, and is indicative *only* for that staff. It appears only in the [part](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/parts) featuring *that* staff.
A system text line, like [system text](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/text/staff-system-and-expression-text), is affixed to one staff but is indicative for all the staffs in the system. It appears in all instrument parts.
### Tempo lines
[Tempo markings](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/text/tempo-markings) such as **rit ---** are new in Musescore 4, they affect playback tempo.
### Guitar-related lines
* **Barre lines** in **Guitar** palette: Used to indicate fret positions, see [Guitar techniques: Adding a barre line to your score](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/idiomatic-notation/guitar/guitar-techniques#adding-a-barre-line-to-your-score).
* To create a **Fingering/String number-line**:
1. add a [Fingering](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/text/fingering) from **Fingerings** palette,
2. add a [Standard lines](#standard-lines) from **Lines** palette,
3. [adjust the length](#adjusting-a-line) as required.
* **Vibrato** in the **Guitar** palette. You can change the shape of the line in the **Vibrato** section of the [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel.
* **Palm mute** in the **Guitar** palette: Changes playback sound to that of a clean muted electric guitar.
* **Let ring** in the **Guitar** palette: Affect playback, acts like the sustain pedal on a keyboard.
### Trill lines
Not to be confused with (short) trills [Ornaments](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/ornaments).
Trill lines are upgraded in Musescore 4, their have lots of new engraving settings such as showing a bracketed small note and accidentals to notate trill note pitch, these settings are explained in [Ornaments](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/notation/expressive-markings/ornaments).
They still create playback with [SoundFonts](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/sound-and-playback/soundfonts) instruments like in previous Musescore versions. If the instrument use [Muse Sounds](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/sound-and-playback/musesounds) and the sound sample exists, a trill line will utilize the beautifully recorded trill audio for playback, for example in case of a perfect fifth trill line.
## Line properties
The [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) allows you to view and edit [General](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel#general), [Appearance](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel#inside-the-appearance-tab), and [Playback](#types-of-lines) settings.
The name of the section below varies depending on the type of line. But it will have two tabs marked **Style** and **Text**:
### Style tab
Clicking on the **Style** tab allows you to set the properties of the line itself:
**Line type**: A choice of straight, hooked, angle-hooked, or double-hooked.\
**Thickness** / **Hook height**:\
**Style**: Choice of solid, dashed or dotted line.\
**Dash** / **Gap**: Adjust the appearance if "Dashed" is selected.
### Text tab
Clicking on the **Text** tab allows you to apply and position any text associated with the line:
**Beginning text**: Enter the text, if any, to appear at the beginning of the line.\
**Vertical offset**: Allows you to move the text vertically in relation to the line (in sp.).\
**Text when continuing to a new system**: If the line spans a system, this is the text that will appear before the line in the next system.\
**Vertical offset**: As above.
## Line style
See [Templates and styles](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles)
Values of the "Style for Text line" can be edited in **Format→Style→Text line**.\
Values of the "Style for System text line" can be edited in **Format→Style→System text line**.\
Values of the "Style for text inside Text line" can be edited in **Format→Style→Text styles→Text line**
