I’m not 100% sure whether the shown beaming, in Common time, is correct, “proper” notation or not. In any case, I’d like to have Dorico beam them by 8th notes. That is, breaking the current beaming in half. I know how to manually change them, but I’m looking for an automatic way as I have lots to change. And should the triplets be bracketed like this. I’d prefer no brackets but I can’t find an automatic way to do that.
That would be nice to have an option to avoid the brackets when the secondary beams are split, which isn’t currently the case, AFAIK.
Regarding your example: in piano writing, common practice is to show just a few tuplet digit numbers, and then nothing – or even just one, as e.g. Henle or Bärenreiter do for this very Prélude:
As a pianist, I find it much nicer to read.
These Engraving Options can be used to avoid manual hiding:
Side note: you’ll even find (rare) examples with no tuplet numbers at all, like here in Chopin’s Étude op. 25 n° 11 (bar 5, RH, sextuplets)
As for the beaming, I’d say there isn’t an absolute rule, it’s the composer’s choice.
I tried [1+1+1]/4. But of course 8/8 paired in twos is the way to go. I should have thought of that. Thanks.
Your tips about not showing tuplets all the time are true. I leave them on while I’m editing a piece then turn them off. I remember entering, I think a Beethoven piano sonata that didn’t have the tuplets marked and some rhythms that just didn’t add up. It got a bit confusing trying to add up the rhythms and figure out the proper tuplets to put in.