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PROCEDURE
1. Select the slurs whose curvature direction you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Direction in the Slurs group.
3. Choose one of the following options:
● Up
● Down
● Up/Down (mirrored S-shape)
● Down/Up (S-shape)
RESULT
The curvature direction of the selected slurs is changed.
Slur styles
There are different styles of slurs available in Dorico SE, which indicate different meanings and
have different use cases.
The following options for slur style are available when you activate Style in the Slurs group of the
Properties panel:
Solid
This is the default style for slurs. Slurs appear as tapered solid lines: thinner at the ends
and thicker in the middle.
Dashed
Slurs appear as tapered dashed lines. Can be used to indicate an optional slur, for
example, to recommend breathing/bowing patterns.
Dotted
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
The rst 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
The rst 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.
Slurs
Slur styles
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