On Jun 6, 2005, at 2:23 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Either that, or you should be able to position the dynamics above or below the staff. This seems especially so if, as I understand from the description, the same UI for horizontal baseline positioning that is found with lyrics is being re-used for expressions.
Close, except you have TWO baselines for expressions (above and below), and only one for each chorus/verse/section of lyrics.
That's a good thing, but it's *bad* that it works differently (i.e., you can't drag the baseleline above the staff).
You are mistaken here, you can drag the lower baseline above the staff, and the dynamic will go with it, but not if (as is the default definition) the dynamic is set to be on the below-the-staff baseline OR the entry, and it is a note-attached expression. This option is available and useful in order to prevent collisions with very low notes by ensuring that the dynamic will always be below the note. If it is set to be ONLY on the below-the-staff baseline, then you can drag the baseling wherever you wish and it will affect all items set to it.
A simple way to have dynamics ABOVE the staff for voices and BELOW the staff for instruments without having two different sets is this: you set the dynamics to vertically align to the BELOW the staff baseline, but NOT below the staff or entry. Then you drag the second arrow from the left above the choral staff. All the dynamics set to that baseline FOR THAT STAFF ONLY will follow, while the ones on the other staves will stay where the left-most arrow is positioned.
The drawback with this is that very low notes in the other staves will NOT have their dynamics automatically pushed down, as the default presently is. You will have to nudge or drag them manually.
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