Bowing and guitar technique marks

Two instrument-specific clusters live under F3 9 and F3 G — one for any bowed instrument, one for fretted instruments only.

Bow and string marks

F3 9 marks Up-bow, Down-bow, or Harmonic on the selected note. These apply to any note regardless of instrument — nothing stops you marking a bowing on a piano part, so use them where they’re musically appropriate.

Guitar techniques

F3 G marks Bend (full/½/¼), Slide (up/down), Let ring, Palm mute, or Vibrato — eight techniques specific to fretted instruments. They only appear as available when the current part is a fretted instrument (has a tuning set), and only actually render on that instrument’s TAB staff — never on the standard notation staff. A guitar technique also needs the note to already have a string/fret assignment; on a note with no fret assigned yet, applying one silently has no visible effect.

Hammer-ons and pull-offs aren’t a separate mark here — notate them with a regular slur (see Adding slurs).

Tips

• Not seeing the Guitar submenu light up? Confirm the current part is a fretted instrument (Instruments panel → tuning set).