Pictured is a piece in 12/8, with one instrument in 4/4. Note that the barlines line up. I know how to change the measure of a single instrument, but it does not keep the barlines aligned. In other words, the timing is off. How would I replicate this in Dorico?
Quick course:
- With a prevailing 12/8, enter your 4/4 as 4/4,6 meaning show 4/4, but with a pickup bar of 6 quarters (to match the bar length)
- In the next bar in the same instrument add a 12/8, and hide it. Now the barlines line up.
- Write all of the 4/4 music using 2:3 tuplets, and hide those
Let us know if you need further details!
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For the possible benefit of those new(er) to Dorico:
In my admittedly lacuna-filled experience, working with Dorico to achieve this barline-aligned simultaneous independent time sigs is the first time I encountered the idea of an entire bar (or more!) acting behind the scenes, as it were, as a “pick-up.” It honestly took me “a minute” to wrap my mind around.
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Although Dorico very sophisticatedly allows independent time signatures, a crotchet equals a crotchet across all staves, always.
This article from Scoring Notes is an oldie but a goldie, and I recommend it to you or anyone reading this thread looking for a similar solution: