User manual

only or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, modiers appear at the start of and either
above or below hairpins.
PREREQUISITE
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the hairpins whose modiers you want to show centered inside hairpins.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Modier position in the Dynamics group.
3. Choose one of the following options:
● Above or Below
● Inside
RESULT
Modiers on the selected hairpins appear centered inside the hairpins. They automatically erase
their background so the text does not collide with the hairpin lines.
If the property scope was set
to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.
EXAMPLE
Modier
(molto) below a hairpin Modier (molto) centered inside hairpin
RELATED LINKS
Adding modiers to existing dynamics on page 639
Changing the property scope on page 149
Copying property settings to other layouts/frame chains on page 395
Gradual dynamics
Gradual dynamics indicate a change in volume that happens incrementally over the specied
duration. They usually appear either as hairpins or as text instructions, such as cresc. or dim..
A pair of hairpins without an immediate dynamic in the middle is known as a messa di voce.
In Dorico Elements, gradual dynamics appear as hairpins by default. You can change the
appearance of individual gradual dynamics. For example, if you want to show a particularly long
crescendo using
cresc. text rather than a hairpin.
You can show gradual dynamic text in the following ways:
●
cresc. or dim.: Abbreviated text with no continuation line
●
cresc... or dim...: Abbreviated text with a dotted continuation line
●
cre-scen-do or di-mi-nuen-do: The full word spread out across the duration of the gradual
dynamic
Dynamics
Gradual dynamics
641
Dorico Elements 3.5.12