The Squiggle

Filed under Dorico

The Sk (shake) notation appears in several ways on a score:

As the symbol Sk
As the symbol Sk, with a squiggle extending to the right
As a squiggle

For the sake of clarity, the Sk should always be present. However, a lone Sk, with or without a squiggle, can appear ambiguous above a chord, because it doesn’t say whether all notes in the chord – or just the top one – are to be shaken.

So the best way to notate a (chordal) shake unambiguously is to write Sk, and then to add a squiggle to the right of each note to be shaken. In Dorico, this means we need a stretchable squiggle to place to the right of shaken notes.

This downloadable PDF shows how to create one.

Type of PDF score	Number of copies per PDF score you’re allowed to make
6-bell score, accompanied	Three handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
8-bell score	Four score copies
8-bell score, accompanied	Four handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
12-bell score	Six score copies
12-bell score, accompanied	Six handbell score copies, one accompanist copy, and one full score copy
16-bell score	Eight score copies
Handbell choir score	Fifteen score copies
(Handbell) ensemble	One copy of each part for each ensemble member

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