Arpeggios are set by dragging an arpeggio symbol from the Arpeggio & Glissando palette to a note of a chord. To change the length of the arpeggio, double-click the arpeggio and drag the handle up or down.
What is the symbol for glissando?
The glissando is indicated by following the initial note with a line, sometimes wavy, in the desired direction, often accompanied by the abbreviation gliss.. Occasionally, the desired notes are notated in the standard method (i.e. semiquavers) accompanied by the word 'glissando'.
Does an arpeggio go up or down?
Explanation. An arpeggio is a group of notes played one after the other, up or down in pitch. ... Other types of broken chords play chord notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously. Arpeggios can rise or fall for more than one octave.