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Notation reference
Slurs
Slurs are tapered, curved lines that join notes to indicate legato articulation and phrasing.
Slur styles
There are different styles of slurs available in Dorico Pro, which indicate different meanings and have different use cases.
Changing the style of slurs
You can change the style of individual slurs after they have been input. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Changing the style of slurs

You can change the style of individual slurs after they have been input. 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 is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select the slurs whose style you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Style in the Slurs group.
Select one of the following options from the menu:
- Solid
- Dashed
- Dotted
- Half-dashed start
- Half-dashed end
- Editorial

Result

The style of the selected slurs is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.