OMG! It works! Thank you!!
If you really want “rall.” or “a tempo” to work like dynamics and be copyable between staves, here’s a workaround:
- Shift-D for dynamics popover.
- Type a dynamic (p, f, whatever) followed by the word you want (rall., a tempo etc.)
- Hit return/enter.
- In the bottom panel in Write mode toggle the “Show intensity marking” switch and untick the box. You may also want to set the “Text Alignment” setting to “Left-align with notehead” or it looks weird.
You now have something that can be copied and pasted like a dynamic (or alt-clicked), grouped like a dynamic, automatically is set to be italic unless you’ve fiddled with your dynamic text font etc.
My guess is that Dorico’s developers have not made this easy as it’s not modern convention (some would even say wrong). However, if you’re really sure it’s what you want, it’s entirely possible.
Also, if you want to paste dynamics somewhere in the middle of a tie, invoke the caret (hit enter) and get where you want on the rhythmic grid before pasting.
This (of course) also works for dynamic-style tempi entered in the method described immediately above.
Wow! Thanks for this tip! I’ll definitely investigate this technique.
I realize there are differences of opinion on various notational matters. But I went through my library of choral music specifically to confirm that markings like “rall.” were placed above each staff in SATB music. Of course, I’m sure there are other scores that do not. But as a tenor, myself, I know that when sight reading a part, there’s no way I’d see a marking that was placed only above the soprano staff.
I’m also a film composer, and the general rule of thumb for our orchestral sessions is: Do whatever is necessary, within reason, to make the music clearer and easier to read, minimizing opportunities for mistakes. So, that’s my objective. Is it clearer for the altos, tenors, and basses to have identical markings? Yes. If someone wants to say that’s “wrong,” fine. But I’m the one responsible for this huge performance in a major venue, so I’m going to do whatever makes the scores clearest for the performers.
Thanks again!!
TEMPO MARKINGS ON ALL VOCAL STAVES
I’ve sung in choirs my whole life, and in closed (choir reduction) and open score choral music, tempo texts are always written above each vocal line in italics. This does not happen only on rare occasions. It is ALL the time, at least from the music of publishers I use. Choristers need tempo markings this way.
I trust we will be able to do this in Dorico without a work-around in the future. This is proper notation of choral music. Here’s only one example from the early 1900’s (O Holy Night) but I see this in modern choral notation all the time. Please and thank you.
David
Yes, we will support this in future, though I can’t say when.
Hello! Is this still not supported? Just checking, as I am a string quartet player/composer who would also prefer a universal option for showing tempi in all parts as a default (just as the fermata currently functions)
Am I understanding that you want the score to show tempi against each instrument?
Or do you just want each players part to show the tempi (which they already do by default)?
All tempo marks or just tempo change indications like rit. and accel.?
My quartet (and increasingly other small ensembles) plays from full score, so having the tempi in all parts within the full score is the preference. I’ve been telling composers at reading sessions to do this for years…didn’t realize how tricky it was since I always used pencil and paper before!
Yes, ALL tempo markings in ALL parts of the score. A “performance” score is the goal since with the advent of iPads people are playing from score more often in chamber music.
Perhaps. But they still don’t want to be bothering with page turns every few seconds.