Hi
I’m trying to add the wiggly line used in electric guitar notation & tab.
this type of playing technique is usually called finger vibrato
in sib it was found in the lines/guitar
I can’t see a native way of doing this. The easiest workaround is probably a trill line with its trill mark hidden. Note that you’ll need to switch to Engrave mode to apply the same properties (manually) to the Tab staff.
Thanks a lot Leo
as a work-around this will do for the time being.
but it isnt the right wiggly line.
should be the same as baroque short trill, tremblement but a line
thanks
Update
found a better way
use a wide wiggly line of a PT with an empty glyph (no glyph)
then give it a lenght shift+Alt+R Arrow
only glitch it has no icon in the PT side bar (no glyph)
Claude
I didn’t give you that option as, as far as I can tell, there’s no way to get Playing Techniques to show on Tab staves. Have I missed something?
You are right
It doesn’t transfer to TAB but I don’t care. Tab (for me) is not notation it is just a practical way to describe where you are with your hand.
You can choose in the Playing Techniques dialog whether the playing technique should appear in tablature.
We plan to add a more suitable wiggly line for this in due course, by the way.
Ah! Sorry I missed that.
any follow up on the smartest way to apply finger vibrato to guitar parts? wiggly lines are tight! loving dorico 4!
Second this - would love an update on guitar notation roadmap! Also agreed - Dorico 4 is awesome.
Hi - I have tried the two workarounds for a hand vibrato suggested above by @pianoleo and @SeeWhat. But neither are quite working for me. When I try Leo’s trill line, I get the second note of the trill in small brackets to the right of the tab. e.g. if the original note was 8, I end up seeing 8 (10). When I try SeeWhat’s new non-glyph, I have trouble aligning them on e.g. consecutive notes.
If I’ve missed a new native playing technique in Dorico 4 for this that can be resized, I’d like to hear about it. Or alternatively I’d be very grateful to have some more help with one or other of these workarounds.
Does it help if you select and change the trill appearance in the Properties panel?
Hi Daniel - no, I’ve tried fiddling with the property options and can’t sort it out - in the article you link to, it says ’ Result: The appearance of the selected trill intervals on notation staves is changed. This does not affect their appearance on tablature.’ But it is the behaviour on the tablature where I’m having the problem. It doesn’t happen in Leo’s gif, though, so I assume there is an option somewhere that I haven’t found yet.
My mistake
I appreciate you taking the time to reply - I thought that option would do it myself
You can use the “wide wiggly line” from the Lines panel in Write mode, perhaps? It won’t appear on both the staff notation and tablature if both are shown (only on the staff notation), but if the tab is shown on its own, then the wiggly line will appear above the tab as expected.
Thanks Daniel