It's in the playback panel of the properties window. You need to modify the values for the live playback position and duration. A quarter note is worth 256 units, so setting the position to -128 will have the note play one eighth note before the rhythmic position of the written note. You'll then need to change the duration to 128 to make sure that there isn't a gap. Dan -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Lieser Sent: 16 May 2013 21:15 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Grace notes Saeed, It might indeed be in the Word menu, as Dave says. If not there, I think it might be in a playback window, which thing requires sighted assistance. Also, even though grace notes do not take up rhythmic value in a measure, once the grace note is in place, its written value can be modified by the regular choices in the Common Notes template. So a grace note can be written as a 32nd, 16th, 8th, etc. Again, the non-grace notes of the bar notwithstanding, choosing rhythmic values of the grace notes themselves implies interpretation, some of which Sibelius playback recognizes. Dale -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar Carlson Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:58 PM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Grace notes Saeed, I'll bet there is. I'm thinking it's in the word menus, where you can define how sibelius reacts to symbols it encounters while playing. Dave Carlson Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "saeed Mirzazadeh" <saeedm19@xxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:52 Subject: [sib-access] Grace notes Hi all. is it possible to have Sibelius play the grace notes slower than its default? thanks in advance. Saeed If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx