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by live performers, and can be useful when importing/exporting MIDI data as quantized music
produces neater notation.
R
rastral size
The size of a full ve-line staff, measured from the bottom line to the top line. The term comes
from the rastra engravers historically used to draw ve-line staves on blank paper. Because the
rastrum is a xed object, people became used to their set sizes and Dorico Elements continues
this tradition by offering users a selection of rastral staff sizes.
reducing
The process of taking music for more than one instrument and assigning it to fewer instruments,
such as a keyboard reduction of a choral piece. A piece of music that has been reduced is known
as a “reduction”. See also exploding.
rhythmic grid
A unit of rhythmic duration whose value affects certain aspects of inputting and editing, such as
the amount by which items move. Its current value is shown by the note value in the status bar,
and by ruler markings indicating beat divisions and subdivisions above the staff on which the
caret is active. See also caret.
S
score
See full score, part, project.
section player
Multiple musicians who all play the same instrument and read from the same part layout, for
example, Violin I. Section players may not play multiple different instruments, but can divide. See
also player.
segment
Part of a notation item that functions autonomously in Engrave mode. Segments can exist
regardless of their position, such as individual ending brackets within a repeat ending, or only
when a single item is split across a system or frame break, such as glissando lines. See also item,
fragment.
Setup mode
A mode in Dorico Elements where you can set up the fundamental elements of the project:
instruments and the players that hold them, ows, layouts, and videos. You can also determine
how they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts. See
also modes.
SMuFL
Short for “Standard Music Font Layout”, it is a font specication that maps all the different
symbols required for music notation onto a standard layout. Dorico Elements requires SMuFL-
compliant fonts for certain areas of the program, such as clefs and dynamic glyphs, to ensure it
can locate the correct symbol. SMuFL-compliant fonts include Bravura, Petaluma, and November
2.0.
solo player
An individual musician who can play one or more instruments, for example, a ute doubling
piccolo. See also player.
space
A unit of measurement in music engraving based on the distance between the center of two
adjacent staff lines. Practically all notation items are scaled in proportion to the size of a space,
for example, a notehead is normally one space tall.
Glossary
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