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If one staff has another immediate dynamic before the end of a hairpin, the hairpin is truncated
automatically. If you delete such a dynamic, the hairpin extends automatically up to the next
immediate dynamic or to its full length, whichever comes rst.
Two staves with linked dynamics, but the lower staff
has another immediate dynamic that truncates the
hairpin.
Deleting the mf at the end of the rst bar in the
second staff causes the hairpin to extend to match
the range of the top staff.
NOTE
If you delete only some dynamics from a group that is linked to other staves, those dynamics
are also deleted from the linked staves. If you delete a whole dynamic group from one staff,
this does not affect linked dynamics on other staves.
As well as vertically linked dynamics, you can also group dynamics horizontally. This
automatically aligns the dynamics in a row and allows them to be moved and edited as a
group.
Linking or unlinking dynamics applies project-wide, meaning you cannot have dynamics
linked one way in some layouts but differently in other layouts.
RELATED LINKS
Groups of dynamics on page 574
Disabling automatic linking of dynamics and slurs when pasting on page 310
Linking dynamics together
When you copy and paste identical dynamics to the same rhythmic position on other staves,
those dynamics are linked together automatically. You can also manually link dynamics and
groups of dynamics together that are not automatically linked to allow simultaneous editing.
NOTE
Groups of dynamics must be the same in order to link them together. For example, you can link
two dynamics together if neither is part of a group, but you cannot link them together if one is
grouped with a hairpin.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the dynamics you want to link together.
2. Choose Edit > Dynamics > Link. You can also choose this option from the context menu.
RESULT
The selected dynamics are linked together. If you later change one of the linked dynamics, all
linked dynamics are changed to match. This applies to all layouts in which the dynamics appear.
RELATED LINKS
Copying dynamics on page 564
Dynamics
Linked dynamics
576
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