Hello,
Importing musicXml
I exported a musicXml file from Finale V 25.5.
I discovered that Dorico converts arpeggios across two staves created in Finale into the upper staff as follows:
[Screenshot - Finale]
[Screenshot - Dorico]
Could it be fixed in future version of Dorico?
changing the vertical length of arpeggio marking
Is there a way to manually stretch the arpeggio marking on the upper staff to the bottom note on the staff below?
Just delete the original, incorrect arpeggio; then click the top note and CTRL-Click the bottom note desired and apply the arpeggio from the Ornaments section.
You need to know what Finale is actually exporting. Does it import correctly in Sibelius or MuseScore? If not, the error is most likely on Finale’s side, not Dorico’s.
MuseScore 3 also reads the arpeggios spanned in two staves also in the same way of Dorico. I do not know how the recent version of exports it… However, the following is the musicXml text of the first bar in the attached picture (measure number = “11”):
<measure number="11" width="162">
<print new-system="yes">
<staff-layout number="1">
<staff-distance>102</staff-distance>
</staff-layout>
</print>
<note default-x="65">
<pitch>
<step>D</step>
<octave>6</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>16</duration>
<voice>1</voice>
<type>half</type>
<stem default-y="-45.5">down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
<notations>
<arpeggiate default-x="-22" number="1"/>
</notations>
</note>
<note default-x="65">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>G</step>
<octave>6</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>16</duration>
<voice>1</voice>
<type>half</type>
<stem>down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
<notations>
<arpeggiate default-x="-22" number="1"/>
</notations>
</note>
<note default-x="65">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>D</step>
<octave>7</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>16</duration>
<voice>1</voice>
<type>half</type>
<stem>down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
<notations>
<arpeggiate default-x="-22" number="1"/>
</notations>
</note>
<note default-x="124">
<pitch>
<step>D</step>
<alter>-1</alter>
<octave>7</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>8</duration>
<voice>1</voice>
<type>quarter</type>
<accidental>flat</accidental>
<stem default-y="-20.5">down</stem>
<staff>1</staff>
</note>
<backup>
<duration>24</duration>
</backup>
<note default-x="65">
<pitch>
<step>D</step>
<octave>5</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>24</duration>
<voice>3</voice>
<type>half</type>
<dot/>
<stem default-y="15.5">up</stem>
<staff>2</staff>
</note>
<note default-x="65">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>G</step>
<octave>5</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>24</duration>
<voice>3</voice>
<type>half</type>
<dot/>
<stem>up</stem>
<staff>2</staff>
</note>
<note default-x="65">
<chord/>
<pitch>
<step>B</step>
<alter>-1</alter>
<octave>5</octave>
</pitch>
<duration>24</duration>
<voice>3</voice>
<type>half</type>
<dot/>
<accidental>flat</accidental>
<stem>up</stem>
<staff>2</staff>
</note>
</measure>
Finale is exporting an arpeggio line that’s only connected to the top staff.
Indeed, and when spanning multiple staves it’s a mere graphical adjustment. Other programs will have no way of determining a second attachment point, except maybe by guessing, based on the size of the sign … ( if that parameter is exported at all )