Hello,
When using the parenthesized option in connecting playing techniques, I get double parentheses over a system break, which doesn’t seem to be correct.
I made a custom (sul tasto) playing technique (with parentheses). (I assume this is what you did as well.) When I set Engraving Options > Playing Techniques > Continuation for not parenthesizing over system breaks I think I get the result you want:
Hello, thanks for your suggestion, @judddanby
I used to do this prior to Dorico 6, but that’s not what I did in this case. I checked the “parenthesized” option in the properties panel.
The problem with this solution is that I do want all playing techniques to be parenthesized when I have a System break, but not to add another layer of parentheses if it is already parenthesized. So it’s an all or nothing situation. Since there’s a new property, Dorico already knows the playing technique is parenthesized.
I see what you mean. I went back and added a “normal” sul tasto PT, then used the Properties Panel (in Write Mode) to engage parentheses. With my “do not parenthesize” setting in Engraving Options it seems to behave:
Yes, it does if you start with a parenthesized PT. But you can’t have concurrently in the same project a non parenthesized PT to be parenthesized over a system break, but not getting double parentheses with one that is.
Apologies if I’m missing something. Here’s what I did, and in both cases I get the desired parenthesis behavior:
I’ll show with an example: in the following case, you have a sul tasto technique with a continuation line. The first is stated without parentheses, because they’re not needed. You get parentheses with every break, as expected.
In the same project, you have a sul tasto marking followed by rests. Since the instruction is not cancelled, you restate the PT, but with parentheses, as a cautionary warning. Then, when a break comes, you get double parentheses. You cannot have Engraving options that fit both cases within the same project.
Hmm…. I’m seeing a different behavior.
First two PTs are “stock,” while the third is a custom one with parentheses added (in the PT definition, not the Properties Panel; Engraving Options set not to parenthesize over system breaks):
EDIT: Ah!! now I see, The problem is that the first PT over the break needs the parentheses, Hmm….
Exactly! That’s it!
And my point is that, since Dorico is aware that the second technique is parenthesized, because it is so via a property, it should acknowledge that it doesn’t need the outer parentheses when there’s a break.
That would certainly be a good behavior. Way out of my depth here, but I’d guess the complexity is that Dorico is “thinking” of the PT + extension as one entity. (Wiser minds may prevail here, but I suspect the only workaround will be a staff-attached text box with opaque white background.)
I thought I could be clever by making a custom technique with parentheses when what I actually needed to make was a second cup of coffee! Anon…! 
Sorry to have spun my wheels down a non-productive path and chewed up your time, @lucas_r_r.
No worries! Go get that coffee. I’ll do likewise!
Thanks for reporting this. I’ll have a think about how we can address this in future.
