Slur styles
There are different styles of slurs available in Dorico Elements, which indicate different meanings and have different use cases.
- Solid
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This is the default style for slurs. Slurs appear as tapered solid lines: thinner at the ends and thicker in the middle.
- Dashed
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Slurs appear as tapered dashed lines. Can be used to indicate an optional slur; for example, to recommend breathing/bowing patterns.
- Dotted
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Slurs appear as dotted lines. The dots are the same size and the same distance apart over the whole length of the slur.
- Half-dashed start
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The first halves of slurs appear as dashed lines, the second halves as solid lines. Used to denote that a slur was written incompletely in the source in critical editions.
- Half-dashed end
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The first halves of slurs appear as solid lines, the second halves as dashed lines. Used to denote that a slur was written incompletely in the source in critical editions.
- Editorial
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Slurs appear as solid black lines, but with a smaller vertical line intersecting them exactly halfway along their length, perpendicular to the curve of the slur. Used to show that a slur was added by the editor and was not present in the original source.