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Does the "ripple" command exist?

Does Noteworthy Composer (v.1 or v.2) support the creation of a "ripple"?  I'm not sure what the actual technical term for it is, but it's the vertical wave line that tells piano players to start at the lowest note of the "rippled" chord and move up the different notes one at a time, quickly, to create the chord.  Does that command exist, or, is there a way to recreate it?
Thanks,
Bruce

Re: Does the "ripple" command exist?

Reply #1 –
The term is arpeggio, and if you search the forum, you'll probably find a lot of topics about creating one.

Re: Does the "ripple" command exist?

Reply #2 –
You would create the symbol with text, such as "c" using Boxmark2, one of the user fonts you can download from the  Scriptorium.

For the sound, add a second staff which will be invisible.  Put write the chord as if it was a group of 32nd or 64th notes, all tied.  When you want to view it, you either uncheck this extra staff using page setup, or you can make all the elements of this staff invisible using the visibility settings, then layer this staff under the other one.

Re: Does the "ripple" command exist?

Reply #3 –
Or do the separate notes as grace notes, tie them to the chord, and make just the grace notes invisible. This is a good way if you want something that will print nice and sound more-or-less right, with the minimum sumber of staves.

Re: Does the "ripple" command exist?

Reply #4 –
Making tied grace notes invisible works only when the chord has no accidentals.