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Voice-specic dynamics

You can input different dynamics into each voice independently in multiple-voice contexts.

Inputting voice-specic dynamics allows you to show different dynamics for multiple voices on a

staff, or to highlight an inner melody voice in a piano texture. They change the dynamics of each

voice in playback.

During step input, voice-specic dynamics are added to the voice indicated by the stem direction

of the quarter note symbol beside the caret.

By default, dynamics apply to all voices on a staff if input without pressing Alt. If you want each

voice to have their own dynamic in playback as well as in the score, press Alt when inputting

dynamics for every voice on a staff.

RELATED LINKS

Inputting dynamics with the popover on page 187

Inputting dynamics with the panel on page 188

Niente hairpins

Niente markings at the start/end of gradual dynamics indicate that the dynamic either increases

from, or decreases to, silence.

This effect works very well on strings and singers with vowels, but it cannot always be played

literally. For example, singers with words beginning with consonants cannot begin from silence,

nor can reed and brass instruments, as they have to achieve a certain air pressure before a note

sounds.

Niente markings can be shown in two ways: as a circle at the end of a hairpin, and as text directly

before or after a hairpin. You can input both types of niente markings in Dorico Elements using

the dynamics popover and by clicking niente in the Gradual Dynamics section of the Dynamics

panel.

TIP

You can turn existing hairpins into niente hairpins by selecting them and clicking niente in the

Gradual Dynamics section of the Dynamics panel, or by activating Niente in the Dynamics

group of the Properties panel.

EXAMPLE

A niente shown as Circle on hairpin A niente shown as Text