Notehead designs

There are a number of different notehead designs that you can use for individual noteheads in Dorico.

  • You can find the available notehead designs by choosing Edit > Notehead > [Notehead type] > [Notehead design].

Notehead design appearance

Notehead design name

Larger Noteheads

Default Noteheads

Large Circled Noteheads

Circled Noteheads

Slashed Noteheads (Bottom Left to Top Right)

Slashed Noteheads (Top Left to Bottom Right)
Table 1. Cross noteheads

Notehead design appearance

Notehead design name

Circle X Noteheads

Large X and Diamond Noteheads

Ornate X Noteheads

Plus Noteheads

With X Noteheads

X Noteheads

X and Circle X Noteheads

X and Diamond Noteheads
Table 2. Triangular noteheads

Notehead design appearance

Notehead design name

Large Arrow Down Noteheads

Large Arrow Up Noteheads

Triangle Down Noteheads

Triangle Left Noteheads

Triangle Right Noteheads

Triangle Up Noteheads
Table 3. Diamond noteheads

Notehead design appearance

Notehead design name

Diamond Noteheads

Old-Style Diamond Noteheads

White Diamond Noteheads

Wide Diamond Noteheads
Table 4. Slash noteheads

Notehead design appearance

Notehead design name

Muted Slash Noteheads

Oversized Slash Noteheads

Slash Noteheads

Small Slash Noteheads
Table 5. Round and square noteheads

Notehead design appearance

Notehead design name

Moon Noteheads

Rectangular Noteheads

Round White with Dot Noteheads