Changing the angle of hairpins
By default, hairpins are horizontal and are automatically adjusted to avoid collisions with other objects, such as noteheads and slurs. You can change the angle of individual hairpins as required for your music.
Changing only the start offset position with the keyboard or activating Start offset only changes the position of the hairpin relative to the staff, not its angle. You must change the end offset position or activate End offset as well to change the angle of hairpins.
Dragging handles with the mouse changes the angle straight away.
Procedure
Result
The angle of the selected hairpins is changed. Each end can be moved independently of the other.
The following properties in the Dynamics group of the Properties panel are activated automatically when you move the corresponding handles on hairpins vertically:
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Start offset Y moves the start handles of hairpins vertically.
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End offset Y moves the end handles of hairpins vertically.
For example, if you move a whole hairpin upwards, both handles are moved so both properties are activated. You can also use these properties to change the angles of hairpins by changing the values in the value fields.
Deactivating the properties resets the selected hairpins to their default positions.