Add parentheses to a passage - how to?

[mikeheels]

Hi,

I want to be able to add parentheses symbols, like in Sibelius. How do I achieve this?

Many thanks
Best
-m

[DanielMuzMurray]

Try this:

Simple way to bracket an optional phrase?

Is this what you’re after, Iain? [L + R round brackets as Playing Techniques] I made playing techniques for left and right brackets and moved them into place in Engrave Mode. The larger ones are the same PTs scaled up. See the properties panel. Here’s the file. It took me a couple of minutes. L + R round brackets as Playing Techniques.dorico (370.6 KB) I’ve used PTs a few times in this sort of situation for glyphs that essentially belong to a note. Great that you can tweak their position…

[mikeheels]

Thanks Daniel,

How do I import your custom playing technique into my project or into Dorico in general?

Best

-m

[dspreadbury]

Assuming you’re using Dorico Pro, you can do this using the Library Manager.

Library Manager

[mikeheels]

Thanks so much @dspreadbury
I’ll look into it right away
Happy holidays to you and to the great Dorico team.

All the best
-m

[benwiggy]

If you want to use square brackets, then the Vertical Lines with “feet” in the Line Tool also work well for this.