I searched this forum on “staccato” and also “sempre staccato” and can find nothing that answers my question.
I am entering a short piano piece where every note should be played staccato I know I can use shift-x to enter text (or alt-shift-x to enter system text) but they don’t affect playback. Trying the shift-P popover staccato doesn’t show up as a term and while I can add it as a playing technique I don’t how to get it to affect playback.
What am I missing? I do know I can enter the text and then just edit the playback to get staccato but I was hoping there might be an easier way. How would I do it if I wanted some sections staccato and some sections legato, without putting a staccato or tenuto mark over every note?
Thanks for any help.
Create a new playing technique and assign it the playback technique “Staccato”. Input it over one note (Shift+P, “semprestacc” or whatever popover text you choose), and then immediately press Alt+Shift+right arrow so you get the extension handle fot the “invisible continuation line”. Move that with the same key combination (L/R arrows) or drag it with the mouse. The staccato articulation is applied in playback in the range the playing technique covers. (In the image, the blue highlighted notes are played staccato and the yellow regular lenght/non stacc.)
Thank you – I knew there had to be a way but I couldn’t figure out the connection between “playing technique” and “playback technique.”
You have opened my eyes and it is greatly appreciated!
If you create a new PlayBACK technique for staccato, you can define it to be a Direction, rather than an attribute; so that like, say, pizz. it will apply from one point onward.
You’ll then need to turn it off with a “natural”.
I think I tried this first, but wasn’t successful. Would the new “Staccato (2)” need to be assigned in the Expression Map (say, NotePerformer exp. map, for example) as well?
I think if you set 'alias for" to Staccato, then that should be enough.
All I know is that I followed ViliRobert’s outlined steps and now am able to get sempre staccato to appear in the Playing Techniques popover and once it’s placed the instrument stays as staccato through to the end of the flow. I did not try to turn it off. It was on a short piano work. I did need to enter the “sempre staccato” for each staff of the grand staff. I had hoped it would work for both staves since it’s a single instrument.
No matter – I entered it for the bass clef, since that starts by itself, then I entered it for the treble clef and hid that entry. In Engrave mode I drag the visible “sempre staccato” up to between the staves so it should be obvious that both should be staccato all the way through.