Notating Keyboard Pitch Bends

• Nov 23, 2024 - 16:38

Hi folks! I'm trying to notate keyboard synth pitch bends. Most of what I can find documented centers around guitars and the tablature notation:

https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/guitar-bends#add-bend

I don't like the "angled" look of bends when they show up in keyboard notation. I like the way it looks on tablature, including showing (in my case) a curved, upward arrow, showing the amount of the bend (eg, +1), and hiding the starting pitch so as not to clutter the display. The starting pitch is like a grace note, whereas the melody line follows the arrival note, so that's why I want the arrival note to be the one visible.

Here's how I have it today:
grace notes.png
Here's what I want:
pitch bends.png
Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!

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