Ornaments

OldKohno

I'm a newbie at using Crescendo, so apologies if I am asking something obvious.

Under "Basics - Writing Music" the online manual says the following regarding ornaments: "To add a Ornament mark to a note (Trill, Mordant, Turn), click on the note to bring up the note menu and choose the ornament you want from the ornament section." However, there is no "ornament section" in the menu that appears after right-clicking on a note, nor in the "More Symbols" menu.

Specifically, I'm trying to insert an upper mordent. One can, of course, write this out, but using the ornament symbol makes for a cleaner page. Has anyone figured out how to do this?

borate

AI offers this, which is not guaranteed 100% accurate...

"Current Status of Ornament Insertion

The manual states that ornaments like mordents are available via the note menu, but detailed walk-throughs and user reports confirm that the menu currently lacks a dedicated “ornament” section, and the symbols are not present in the standard right-click or “More Symbols” options.

There is no published workaround in official help documents or user tutorials that shows how to insert an upper mordent using built-in tools directly.

Recommended Workarounds

Some users opt to manually write out the ornament (e.g., entering the rapid note sequence for the mordent rather than using a symbol) or use the text tool to add a visual approximation by pasting a mordent symbol as text.
If precise notation symbols are required and Crescendo does not offer them currently, consider contacting NCH support or checking for updates, as feature changes do sometimes occur.

Alternative Steps

Try the text tool: Add text and use a special character or Unicode symbol resembling an upper mordent as a workaround."

File a report with NCH. https://www.nch.com.au/support/supportcontact.html?