Ornaments popover

You can enter the following commands into the ornaments popover to create the different ornaments, arpeggio signs, and glissando lines available.

You can open the ornaments popover in Write mode in any of the following ways:

  • Press Shift-O.

  • Choose Write > Create Ornament.

Table 1. Ornaments

Type of ornament, glissando line, or arpeggio sign

Popover entry

Trill:

tr or trill

Short trill:

shorttr

Turn:

turn

Mordent:

mor or mordent

Inverted turn:

invturn or invertedturn
Table 2. Arpeggio signs

Type of arpeggio sign

Popover entry

Up arpeggio sign

arp, arpup, or arpeggioup

Down arpeggio sign

arpdown or arpeggiodown

Non arpeggio sign

nonarp or nonarpeggio
Table 3. Glissando lines

Type of glissando line

Popover entry

Straight glissando line

gliss

Wavy glissando line

glisswavy
Tip

Other ornaments are available in the Ornaments panel on the right of the window in Write mode.