Turns, mordents, and trills

The Ornaments tab (F4) has twelve direct symbols that toggle onto a selected note the same way an articulation does — press a key, done, with no end point to pick.

Applying a symbol

F4 1–5 are the five primary symbols: Trill, Mordent, Turn, Inverted mordent, Shake. F4 0 opens an overflow submenu with four more: Inverted turn, Delayed turn, Schleifer, Haydn ornament. F4 0 S/F/N add a sharp, flat, or natural for the ornament’s other note, when it needs an altered pitch. The accidental stands above the symbol for a note above and below it for a note below: below a mordent and an inverted turn, above the others.

Trill the symbol vs. trill the line

This article is about the trill symbol — a static mark on one note. A trill line is a different thing: a spanner that stretches a wavy line across a passage, with its own start and end point. See Trill lines and octave-shift lines for that one.

Flipping above or below the staff

X moves the selected note’s ornament symbol to the other side of the staff. If the note also starts a slur — or several, nested — X opens a small menu first so you can pick which one moves; with only one flippable thing there, it flips right away. Press X again to hand the mark back to its default side (above, for a symbol; the automatic side, for a slur) rather than pinning the opposite one, so it only carries your override while you actually disagree with the default. Select a range first and X flips every ornament symbol and slur starting in it, each from its own side. See Adding slurs for slurs themselves.

Tips

• Applying a different symbol replaces whatever was there — there’s no need to clear one before setting another.
• See Entering notes for how a note gets onto the page before you ornament it.