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Notation reference
Dynamics
Dynamics indicate the loudness of the music, and can be combined with other instructions to give the performer a detailed understanding of how to perform the music, while also leaving room for interpretation.
Gradual dynamics
Gradual dynamics indicate a change in volume that happens incrementally over the specified duration. They usually appear either as hairpins or as text instructions, such as cresc. or dim..
Showing consecutive hairpins as continuous
You can show two or more consecutive hairpins of the same direction that are separated by immediate dynamics as a single hairpin that continues through any immediate dynamics, for example, to indicate that you want a single smooth change in dynamic rather than multiple separate ones.

Showing consecutive hairpins as continuous

You can show two or more consecutive hairpins of the same direction that are separated by immediate dynamics as a single hairpin that continues through any immediate dynamics, for example, to indicate that you want a single smooth change in dynamic rather than multiple separate ones.

Prerequisite

The hairpins are grouped together.

Procedure

In Engrave mode, select at least one of the hairpins in each group that you want to show as continuous.
In the Properties panel, activate Hairpin shown as continuation in the Dynamics group.
Activate the corresponding checkbox.

Result

Consecutive hairpins of the same direction in the selected groups appear as a single continuous hairpin in the current layout.

Note

This only affects the appearance of hairpins in the current layout, but you can copy property settings to other layouts.

Example


Figure 1. Hairpin not shown as continuation	Figure 2. Hairpin shown as continuation