When writing for piano, I prefer the pedal lines to be dashed, but with a hook, not the star sign. When I try to change the default appearance in the Engraving options, I only can have either a normal line with the hook, or a dashed line with the star:
So in order to change it, I have to do it in the property panel, but the option only appears in Engraving mode, not Writing mode.
This is extremely cumbersom and takes a lot of time. Any way to change this by default? Am I missing something?
I tried to edit the sign in the Playing techniques menu, but that doesn’t work at all. When I try to edit the sign a “new music symbol” is automatically created, but even if I change the line to dashed, the appearance of the pedal line doesn’t change. And I don’t find the Pedal sign in the list to the left in the menu:
It’s not so much an ‘issue’ as a lack of functionality. I’d like to have this also. Dorico can this be treated as a feature request not just a comment?
Thanks for the feedback. I have made a note of your request to have an additional default appearance for pedal lines, and we’ll consider it for future versions.
Hi everyone!
I’d like to create a custom pedal marking that displays as “Ped. ad Lib.” with the regular pedal symbol and behaves like a regular pedal line in Dorico – meaning it attaches and aligns properly below the bottom staff of a piano instrument, just like the standard “Ped.” with the asterisk.
Ideally, it should be treated like a playing technique or pedal line, so that it doesn’t float as plain text. Has anyone done this before, or is there a workaround to have such a custom pedal indication that’s both graphically consistent and attached to the lower staff?
Ah sorry, I understood that it was for the whole file. In that case, a Playing Technique with continuation line and default placement Below is maybe the best solution…
Yes - mostly? That is basically what happens when you create a second playing technique like @charles_piano described. I would guess there are some special cases, like I’m not sure how a pedal retake would work. Custom playing techniques can do an awful lot.
