# Trills with aux note **URL:** \ **Category:** Dorico\ **Created:** [December 6, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661 "2018-12-06T10:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jenny77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Jenny77](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Jenny77)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/1 "2018-12-06T10:46:08Z")
I’m trying to make a trill with aux note as described in this video: [Trill Improvements in Dorico | New Features in Dorico 2.2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soIN-SN0lOc) But it doesn’t work. The list in engraving options look different than in the video (trill interval doesn’t pop up). Is it because I have the try-out version? When I buy Dorico 2, am I sure to get the 2.2 version if that’s what is needed? Also, can the notehead of the aux notes be changed (for example to a diamond shape)? ---
**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/2 "2018-12-06T10:50:34Z")
Welcome to the forum, Jenny. You do indeed need to have Dorico 2.2: check whether you are using the latest version by choosing Help \> About Dorico (in the Dorico menu on Mac) and check the version number there. Even if you are currently running the Dorico 2 trial, you can download and install the Dorico 2.2 update [here](https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/downloads/dorico_pro_2.html). You cannot currently change the notehead type for the auxliary note, but this is something we may consider in a future version. ---
**Author:** ![LSalgueiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c67d28/32.png) [@LSalgueiro](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/LSalgueiro)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/3 "2018-12-06T12:30:18Z")
> [@Daniel at Steinberg](#): > > You cannot currently change the notehead type for the auxliary note, but this is something we may consider in a future version. (Please: not just “may”. I immediately ran into this limitation the first time I tried using auxiliary notes after the update dropped.) ---
**Author:** ![Jenny77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Jenny77](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Jenny77)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/4 "2018-12-06T15:22:42Z")
Is there anyway to manuelly do an auxiliary diamond note in paranthesis? This is something I do a lot (string harmonics) so if that will take time I’ll have to stick with finale I’m afraid… ---
**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/5 "2018-12-06T17:33:38Z")
Luis, Jenny, can you clarify what kind of auxiliary note you need? Provided you need to change only the notehead type used by the auxiliary note that is shown, we can imagine a way to make this work relatively straightforwardly in a future version, but if you need to show e.g. multiple auxiliary notes for a single trill, each of which shows a different notehead type, that is considerably more complicated and really doesn’t fit with the current structure of what we have built. ---
**Author:** ![Jenny77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Jenny77](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Jenny77)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/6 "2018-12-06T18:43:48Z")
I just need the first thing you wrote, a trill between two diamondshaped notes. (Or one normal and one diamond). Can I make the aux in a different layer and do the paranthesis manually, as I would in Finale? ---
**Author:** ![LSalgueiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c67d28/32.png) [@LSalgueiro](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/LSalgueiro)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/trills-with-aux-note/118661/7 "2018-12-06T19:03:18Z")
I think just one auxiliary will do. Can’t think of an instance where I would need more. And if I were to need more, it would be the kind of thing where I would never expect a native implementation… Jenny, of course you can!