Replace symbols, plop smooth and wavy

Dorico
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#1

so, I am using the jazz articulations, and i want to create ones that are slightly different, namely plops, lifts, and doits that bulge the opposite way. i dont need the smooth and wavy ones, so i figured i could just replace those symbols. but i found that they are not in the music symbols menu thingy (or are they?). i therefore surmise that they are just lines drawn, and not prebaked symbols. is there a way to accomplish what i am attempting?

i could just replace some other articulation i dont need, and drag it around, but the property of sticking to the notehead is incredibly convenient.

#2

You’ll find the symbols that are used for jazz articulations in the Ornaments category in the Engrave > Music Symbols dialog.

#3

That is where i looked. the swoops and doots and stuff are there under ‘ornaments’, but not the ‘wavy’ or ‘smooth’ ones. i looked in the other categories and the full list, and couldnt find them.

#4

The smooth ones really are drawn as lines, so you can’t adjust them. The wavy ones will be using the same repeatable symbols as glissando lines, I think, but I wouldn’t advise trying to edit them.

#5

as i thought. might there be a workaround i can rig, short of sacrificing another articulation to drag around?

#6

You could create custom playing techniques and move them graphically in Engrave mode?