Pedal retakes indicate where a player should lift the sustain pedal, which dampens the piano’s strings and clears the resonance, before depressing the pedal again. Pedal level changes indicate a change to how far the pedal is depressed.
Dorico Elements provides clear representations of pedal retakes and level changes for pedal lines with the line continuation type.
Note
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In Dorico Elements, you cannot input pedal level changes. However, pedal level changes are shown if you import or open a project that contains them, and you can remove them in the same way as removing retakes.
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You can only add pedal retakes to sustain pedal lines.
Example
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Ped. glyph
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Retake
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One quarter depressed
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Half depressed
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Three quarters depressed
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Fully depressed
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Line end hook