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EXAMPLE

Text gradual dynamic with poco a poco Hairpin gradual dynamic with poco a poco

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

You can show poco a poco text centered inside hairpins.

RELATED LINKS

Dynamic modiers on page 639

Showing modiers centered inside hairpins on page 640

Gradual dynamic spacing

Dorico Elements ensures that hairpins can always be clearly distinguished by giving hairpins a

minimum default length. However, this can affect note spacing.

The default minimum hairpin length is three spaces. When hairpins are shorter than this, they

can sometimes be confused with the accent articulation mark. Therefore, if you add a hairpin

to a note which would make the hairpin less than three spaces long, the spacing of the note is

changed to ensure the hairpin meets the minimum length.

Gradual dynamics that start/end partway through notes

If the start/end of a gradual dynamic is not attached to a note, there are restrictions on how you

can move the start/end position.

For example, if you enter two hairpins separated by a space into the dynamics popover, pair

of hairpins that looks like a messa di voce is created but containing two separate hairpins,

rather than the combined option. Neither of the open ends of the hairpins is attached to a

specic notehead, and you cannot move the center of the pair of hairpins rhythmically. You can

lengthen/shorten the two hairpins as a group but you cannot lengthen/shorten each hairpin

individually.

However, if you enter two hairpins without a space between them into the dynamics popover,

you can move the center of the pair of hairpins and each hairpin rhythmically, but only to

noteheads. You can lengthen/shorten each hairpin separately according to the current rhythmic

grid resolution.