Showing modifiers centered inside hairpins

You can show modifiers you have added to hairpins, such as poco a poco or molto, centered both horizontally and vertically inside hairpins. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, modifiers appear at the start of and either above or below hairpins.

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 hairpins whose modifiers you want to show centered inside hairpins. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Modifier position in the Dynamics group.
  3. Choose one of the following options:
    • Above or Below

    • Inside

Result

Modifiers on the selected hairpins appear centered inside the hairpins. They automatically erase their background so the text does not collide with the hairpin lines. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip
  • You can change the default position of all modifiers relative to hairpins in the Gradual Dynamics section of the Dynamics page in Engraving Options.

  • You can change the erasure padding of modifiers centered inside hairpins, both individually and by changing your default settings.

Example

Figure 1. Modifier (molto) below a hairpin
Figure 2. Modifier (molto) centered inside hairpin