Grace notes – PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) User Manual

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You can embellish melodic lines using grace notes . A grace note is a quick ornamental

note added to a melodic line . Its duration is so brief that it’s not counted as part of the

beats for the measure . Notion reads and plays these notes during playback .

Examples of grace notes.

By Keyboard Shortcut

1 . Ensure you are in Edit mode .
2 . To place a grace note on your Music Cursor, press the G key .

» A grace note displays on your Music Cursor .

3 . Continue to press the G key until you see the particular kind of grace note you need . You view in the Music Cursor a

small version of a:

Quarter note

one press

16th note

three presses

Eighth note

two presses

32nd note

four presses

4 . Position the Music Cursor before the note you want to embellish .
5 . Click the mouse or press Enter .

» A grace note has a smaller size than standard (counted) notes .

By Entry Palette

1 . Ensure you are in Edit mode .
2 . In the Entry Palette, hover over the third pane from the left

and click your choice of grace note symbol:

.

» A representation of the symbol appears on your Music Cursor .

3 . Position the Music Cursor before the note you want to embellish .
4 . Click the mouse or press Enter .

By Right-Click

You can turn an existing note into a grace note with a right-click .

1 . Click the note you want to turn into a grace note .

» Its notehead turns orange to show it is selected .

2 . Right-click to open a context menu .
3 . Select Notes > Grace Notes .

» Notion turns the highlighted note into a grace note (with the same time value as the original note) .

Grace Notes

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