Lengthening/Shortening notehead brackets
You can lengthen/shorten individual notehead brackets graphically to change their height, independently of your project-wide settings.
You can only lengthen/shorten round notehead brackets on single noteheads if they use the drawn curve, rather than the font glyph.
Procedure
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In Engrave mode, select one of the outer handles of the notehead brackets you want to lengthen/shorten.
Tip
You can show handles on all items, not just selected items, by choosing
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Move the handles in any of the following ways:
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Press Alt/Opt-Up Arrow to move them upwards.
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Press Alt/Opt-Down Arrow to move them downwards.
TipIf you want to move handles by larger increments, you can press Ctrl/Cmd as well as the standard key command, for example, Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Up Arrow.
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Click and drag them upwards/downwards.
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Result
The selected notehead brackets are lengthened/shortened graphically. This does not change the notes to which they apply.
If necessary, other nearby items, such as ties and slurs, automatically move to avoid collisions.
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The following properties in the Bracketed Noteheads group of the Properties panel are activated automatically when you lengthen/shorten the corresponding notehead bracket.
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L bracket extents controls the height of left notehead brackets. T moves their top handles, B moves their bottom handles.
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R bracket extents controls the height of right notehead brackets. T moves their top handles, B moves their bottom handles.
You can also use these properties to lengthen/shorten notehead brackets graphically by changing the values in the value fields.
Deactivating the properties resets the selected notehead brackets to their default positions.
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You can change how far all notehead brackets extend beyond notes project-wide on the Bracketed Noteheads page in .