curious about origin of f-p

[dan_kreider]

@andyforrest

I find the f-p useful but why can I not also do mf-ff or similar so that I can vary the dynamic on a repeating a section?
I’m not too worried about the playback but it would be good to have a clear way of producing this in the score.
I have found that I can do ..
p-mf; p-f; p-ff but not p-mp; p-pp just becomes ppp.
mp-mf, mf-mp and mf-p work
mf-f and mf-ff just become mf.

I haven’t worked through all the combinations but it seems inconsistent?
The only way round it as far as I can work out is to attach the second dynamic to the next note (and move it in engrave mode if necessary)

mp-p