Gioachino Rossini, a famous Italian composer in the 19th century, frequently used ‘closed (triangular shaped) hairpins’ in his works, as same as an ‘Rossini Accent’ added in SMuFL 1.4.
Despite the clear intention that vertical stroke meant accent or sforzato, it was often ignored and they were copied or printed as ordinary (open) hairpins for a long time.
With the rise of the so-called ‘The Rossini Renaissance’ in the second half of the 20th century, critical edition scores faithful to the original notations began to be published. Today, these symbols and notations are regarded as one of distinctive features of Rossini’s music that cannot be ignored.
As with circle notation for niente, I believe that if supported as one of the options for hairpin style, it would be very beneficial, especially for users in the classical (operatic and orchestral) professions.
The appearance of this can be closely approximated by changing the properties of a standard hairpin. Here is the result of my experimenting (the screenshot was taken at maximum zoom size of 1600%).
Offtopic and just out of curiosity: Which opera is the snippet from?
I can confirm that it’s not «Il barbiere di Siviglia» nor «La Cenerentola» because I conducted both.
The visible instrumentation is not so hard to guess: 2 flutes or oboes, 2 clarinets in Bb, 2 horns in F, a male singer in bass clef and most likely the 1st violin, the aria(?) is in F-Major.
Thanks for the reply.
I have come up with this workaround myself and tried it, and it certainly worked well. However, I think there is a growing demand for Dorico, the official successor to Finale, to natively support a wide range of notations. I have created this topic because I think that this workaround is insufficient (in terms of appearance) to produce the highest quality prints that will stand up to professional use, particularly in commercial publishing.
You are likely correct (and entitled) to suggest this, but we all realize there will be a hierarchy to what the Dorico team can roll out and when. At least you have a work-around in the meantime.
I am also aware that Dorico has numerous issues that need to be addressed as a priority as you say, and that the development team is doing everything in their power to improve it. I only posted this in the hope that it would be put on their ‘wish list for future versions’, as I thought they might not be aware of this notation at the moment.
