Now I’m trying to create a template for film scoring and have a small question. Sometimes you see a full score which has a dedicated staff for bar numbers. Finale was able to create this, do you think there is a way to do the same thing with Dorico? [finale style] At this point my answer is no, n…

Don’t know if any improvements, but here are two options. Jesper 260130_Film Scoring Template_Large Bar Num_edited2.dorico (3.0 MB) 260130_Film Scoring Template_Large Bar Num_edited.dorico (3.0 MB) Opacity on bar rests. [image] Covering the rests. [image]

@dan_kreider shared his method for this recently, perhaps this is also helpful: [image] Making studio-style bar numbers Dorico I posted this on the Dorico FB group and thought I’d share it here as well. I’m sure many other users are already doing this, but may…

Thank you very much, this is awesome! I’ve checked what you might have done and try to write down all the procedure as shown below. 1. To create a measure number dedicated staff Go to Setup Mode, add one player. Right-click on the newly created Empty-handed Player and choose “Create Empty Kit…

I think you got it. Glad if it helped. With a white background on the 2-line version, easy to cover the staff lines also, so you have to experiment with font size and such. Jesper

@Zalde Thank you, this is a great way to make it as well. I guess a film scoring template introduced in Dorico Film Score Template thread takes this way. The only small thing I mind is when the bar width is pretty narrow there are a bit too many vertical lines in a page (two line in a bar), but may…

You could reduce the minimum padding for the bar number enclosure, or set the enclosure type to none in Layout Options, and add a border to the paragraph style instead. Jesper Or just a white background. [image] With a condensed font. Myriad Pro semibold condensed here. [image] Now, all you …

Oh yes, this looks much better. Thank you very much for additional ideas!

Also, no need to hide the bar rests. Jesper

Right. I think the good thing of this idea is that this is much easier to set than the first-mentioned Finale style, still effective, and has a wide possibility to fine tune as you showed above. I think this could be a new standard.

A dedicated staff for bar numbers used in Film Scoring conductor's score

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Zalde February 7, 2026, 12:54pm 3

@dan_kreider shared his method for this recently, perhaps this is also helpful: