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The curvature direction of the selected slurs is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally,
this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the property scope on page 149
Copying property settings to other layouts/frame chains on page 395
Cross-staff and cross-voice slurs
Cross-staff slurs start on one staff and end on another staff, and cross-voice slurs start in one
voice and end in another voice.
Cross-staff slurs between two piano staves
Dorico Elements positions cross-staff and cross-voice slurs in the same way as it positions
standard slurs. You can move and lengthen/shorten cross-staff and cross-voice slurs in the same
ways as standard slurs; however, they do not behave in the same way. For example, you cannot
move cross-voice slurs to notes on the same staff in other voices, and you cannot lengthen
cross-voice slurs to notes on the same staff in other voices. You also cannot lengthen/shorten
cross-voice slurs to notes in different voices to those in which the slur started/ended.
You can only move and lengthen/shorten cross-staff slurs to notes on the same staff as the
corresponding endpoint. For example, if a cross-staff slur covers a phrase that starts on the
bottom staff and ends on the upper staff, you can only shorten the cross-staff slur to the
rst
note on the upper staff, you cannot shorten it to any notes on the bottom staff.
The different voices can be on the same staff, or on different staves.
RELATED LINKS
Inputting slurs on page 211
Lengthening/Shortening slurs on page 898
Moving slurs rhythmically on page 897
Slur collision avoidance on page 891
Slur endpoint positions on page 889
Nested slurs
Nested slurs are two or more slurs used simultaneously, where the overarching slur shows the
structure of the phrase and the inner slurs show the articulation within the phrase. They are also
known as “slurs within slurs”.
Depending on the stem directions within the overarching outer slur, inner slurs may appear on
the opposite side of the staff to the outer slur.
Slurs
Cross-staff and cross-voice slurs
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