Is it possible to edit in-place hairpins

Dorico
#1

(I have searched the forum, and pp 329 - 358 of the manual, I promise.)

Is it possible to change, say, an existing f > pp that’s been entered with SHIFT-D to apply to a sequence of notes to, say mf > p ?

I usually delete the entire hairpin dynamic and start from scratch. Have I missed a better way to do this, please?

TIA!

#2

Can’t you just select the first or last note, summon the popover and input the new dynamic? That works perfectly for me…

#3

Select the F, go the dynamics panel/toolbox click on the mf, and it changes. Do the same for the p.

This isn’t super fast, but works very reliably.

Robby

#4

Thanks, No. It changes the first dynamic - in my example the f ; but enters a new end dynamic.

#5

Thanks, Robby; I’ll work that way for a while :slight_smile:.

#6

Hm. That’s weird… take a look at what happens for me:
change dynamics.gif

#7

Mark, Florian said “select the first or last note”. Did you select both?

#8

Thanks, Florian and musicmaven!

I think I see what happened: it does work - as you said it would - when the dynamic is linked to a single note.

I experimented - by chance - with a dynamic attached to two tied notes.

Is it a bug that, when (for me at least) the dynamic marking is linked to either the first or second of two tied notes, editing that dynamic fails because Dorico just adds a new dynamic?

#9

I think I saw on another thread that dynamics are copied onto, instead of replaced; it’s the intended behavior.

#10

Thank you, Stephen - if it’s the intended behaviour, I’ll find another way: it does seem a little counterintuitive, though, whenever you really do want to change (= replace) something.