Adding a mute playing technique
To indicate that the cornet player should use a mute, and to use a muted cornet sound in playback, you can input a con sordino playing technique.
Procedure
- In bar 1, select the first note on the cornet staff.
- Press Shift-P to open the playing techniques popover.
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Enter con s into the popover.
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Because the playing techniques popover requires exact popover entries in order to create specific playing techniques, a menu with valid playing techniques appears when you start entering into the popover.
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Press Down Arrow to select con sord.
- Press Return to close the popover.
Result
A con sordino playing technique is input. It has an associated “Muted” playback technique. Dorico uses playback techniques to link playing technique notations with techniques or articulations in sound libraries in order to produce the correct sounds in playback.
Like other notations, playing techniques are automatically aligned relative to their rhythmic position. Text playing techniques are left-aligned, whereas glyph playing techniques are center-aligned. Dorico also performs automatic collision avoidance, meaning the tempo mark moves upwards to accommodate the playing technique.
