Using the sustain pedal

A sustain-pedal marking is a spanner, stretching across the passage the pedal is held down for — see Creating spanners for the shared mechanic (a range already selected applies it immediately, end to end; a single note lets you pick the end point).

Choosing a style

F7 P opens the style submenu:

• 1 — traditional text notation (Ped. … *).
• 2 — a bracket that steps down at the release point.
• 3 — text and bracket combined.

Tips

• Pick whichever style matches the rest of your score’s engraving convention — all three represent the same pedal action, just drawn differently.