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Musescore Line is a type of object capable of attaching (anchoring) to a 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 , , and .
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) ()
Staff text lines and System text lines ()
and crescendo, decrescendo lines
Tempo lines such as rit --- ()
(repeat section brackets on top)
markings
(8ve etc)
(Long) Trill lines ()
(slides) and portamento between two notes
Upprall, Downprall, Prallprall, affects playback
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
(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:
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.
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
Select a range of notes,
Click on a line in a palette;
Or
Drag a line from a palette to the starting note,
To apply a line to a single note:
Select a note and click on the desired palette line.
Drag a palette line to the desired start note.
To create a Fingering/String number-line:
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.
The name of the section below varies depending on the type of line. But it will have two tabs marked Style and Text:
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.
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.
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
(brass or guitar articulations)
Single note such as turns, (short) trills and mordents
(Staff) and curly braces
Staff line (To change global staff line thickness, see . Other related settings see chapter.)
the Lines palette and the Guitar
To apply a line to a :
Adjust the end handle to extend the range (see ).
To adjust the range of a line, see .
Plain lines are applied from the Lines palette. They can be purposed to anything you like such as to . They can be adjusted to be diagonal or vertical.
A staff text line, like , is affixed to one staff in a system, and is indicative only for that staff. It appears only in the featuring that staff.
A system text line, like , is affixed to one staff but is indicative for all the staffs in the system. It appears in all instrument parts.
such as rit --- are new in Musescore 4, they affect playback tempo.
Barre lines in Guitar palette: Used to indicate fret positions, see .
add a from Fingerings palette,
add a from Lines palette,
as required.
Vibrato in the Guitar palette. You can change the shape of the line in the Vibrato section of the panel.
Not to be confused with (short) trills .
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 .
They still create playback with instruments like in previous Musescore versions. If the instrument use 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.
The allows you to view and edit , , and settings.
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