Changing the placement of articulations relative to notes

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Product
Dorico Pro
Version
4.3
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English
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You can change whether individual articulations are placed on the notehead side or stem side of notes. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. Select the notes/chords whose articulation placement you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Articulations group of the Properties panel, activate Placement under the corresponding heading for the articulations whose placement you want to change.

    For example, activate Placement under the Articulations of force heading to change the placement of accents.

  3. Select one of the following options from the menu:

    • Notehead side

    • Stem side

Result

The articulation is placed on the selected side of the notes or chords. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain. If this creates a collision with other markings, such as playing techniques, Dorico Pro automatically makes adjustments to make sure all markings are clear and legible.