Does the dynamic "pf" exist in SMuFL?
I came across the dynamic pf in a song by Peter Cornelius (An Bertha, Op.15, No.4 - Dein Bildnis):
According to the Dolmetsch online music dictionary, pf is "an instruction to play piano and then, suddenly, forte"
I can't find a neat way to notate this in MuseScore, as the symbol doesn't even appear in the Master Palette for dynamics. Of course it's possible to nudge a p and an f close together, but if there is a chance of using a single symbol that would be my preference.
Any ideas?
[EDIT:]
The glyph does exist in SMuFL - see https://www.smufl.org/version/latest/range/dynamics/:
How can I get it added to MuseScore?
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Add the request into the issue tracker.
In the meantime, remember that you can edit a dynamic marking just like any other text and make use of the special font via shortcut combinations: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/dynamics#edit-a-dynamic
In reply to Add the request into the… by jeetee
Thank you! A reminder that I must read the handbook more carefully...
![pf dynamic edited in MuseScore.png]( "pf dynamic edited in MuseScore.png")
Editing the dynamic works fine, with a little adjustment of font size for the space between "p" and "f".
Suggestion added to the Issue Tracker:
#296203: Please add "pf" dynamic - per SMuFL glyph (U+E52E - dynamicPF)
It does exist in SMuFL, see my response in the issue tracker.
In reply to It does exist in SMuFL, see… by mike320
It is in the symbols palette (of the master palette) under Dynamics
In reply to It is in the symbols palette… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ah.. that's why I missed it. I look under the Dynamics page of the master palette, not at the dynamics of all symbols
One more note on the pf dynamic. MuseScore creates every dynamic by using individual glyphs, that is it uses the m and f to make mf, not the mf glyph, so if you add your own you will want to do the same thing to make it look like the other dynamics.