Customizing duration of sforzando

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Djard
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Post by Djard » Sat Aug 15, 2020 2:26 pm

I understand sfz to apply only to the note or chord where written, interpreting the mark to mean suddenly louder than what precedes it and what follows; so I treat sfz much like an accent. But Finale regards it as a dynamic expression with playback continued with the increased velocity, until another dynamic mark is added. I have been adding a hidden dynamic mark after sfz, usually mf, until learning how to assign sfz as an articulation. I have a collection of these markings in my library file as sfz after, say, f needs to be louder than when after pp. I'm just wondering what others do in this situation.


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Post by motet » Sat Aug 15, 2020 3:39 pm

For me, the following plays back as expected. Give it a try.

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Post by Djard » Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:16 pm

Aha! I see that playback is set to "None," otherwise subsequent notation is affected.

I had assigned a key velocity to mine, so that the sffz would be distinguished when added after a part in "f." I'll just create some as articulations that apply playback only to the note or chord.

Thanks for lending a hand.

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