Glissando notation

Dorico
1

If I wanted to abbreviate “gliss.” to just “gl” in my score, how would I go about that? I’ve poked around the program a bit but no luck…

I understand that there are the three text options if you want to use the default glissando, but assume one could make a new type of line where it just has the text “gl” instead.

Thanks in advance for any responses!

2

It’s gliss., port., or nothing at the moment. You could use “no text” and then use Shift+X text for “gl.”, but you don’t have the tools to rotate Shift+X text. Custom Playing Techniques aren’t much good here either, because there isn’t an option for text to be positioned in the middle of a Playing Technique line.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

3

Thanks Pianoleo, that’s actually doing what I need it to–appreciate the help! (Now if only it would play back as a proper violin gliss!)

4

You can select de gliss line and in Properties activate “suppress playback”; then, in Play mode, open the automation lane and in MIDI CC select Pitch bend. There, you could tweak it to sound like a proper violin gliss.

5

Thanks for the suggestion! Let’s hope they build that in for the next iteration since it’s such a fundamental playing technique.