Piano Pedal - Simile

Dorico
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Hi,

I’m sorry if this has been brought up before but I couldn’t find a post on it.

Is there an option to add a Simile marking on the score for pedaling? (So that you don’t have to put pedal markings for the whole score)
(If there is one, where can I find it?)

Thanks!
~ Nina

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I would like to know this as well, I used the text tool for this, but maybe there is a better way?

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I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but you can change the text of the pedal sign from Ped to simile in the following way: select the pedal sign, open the Properties Panel (Ctrl/Cmd+8), activate Sign appearance and change it to Ped. Text, and then activate Text and enter simile.

Regards,

Stefaan

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Will this duplicate the pedaling behavior of the previous bar to the next (and consecutive) bars?

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No, it won’t duplicate anything. It will just hide the pedal line.

You can create a blank ped. line (to use/copy/paste after the “simile” Ped. line) by taking the same steps but instead of writing “simile”, just put a space. Of course, you’d need to adjust it’s length depending on where you want to sustain notes in various bars. I’d rather just learn a new instrument.

I hope this answers the question…

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Much easier is to select a range of pedal marks (where you want sim. to begin), and hide them all:

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Thank you. Yes, I was able to use the “hook” preference to resolve the issue.