I’ve changed everything I can think of in Notation Options (notate a half note on beat 2 as a half note), but I can’t get bars 1 and 3 to appear as an eighth note on the and of one tied to a half note. Please advise.
What is your Time Signature? A screenshot (or better a Dorico file example) would help to better understand what you are looking for.
oops, forgot the file… here it is
Jazz Arrangers Part 3.dorico (2.4 MB)
Jazz Arrangers Part 3.2.dorico (2.4 MB)
I am afraid you need Force Duration for those cases:
- select the C in first bar and the D in third bar
- press o (letter o) 77
(o to activate force duration, 77 to create the dotted half, the final note becames automatically the last eight of the bar):
Another method would be to use force duration for the first time that this rhythm occurs, and then use a 1/1 time signature (that you have to Hide) for the subsequent occurrences (eventually a local time signature only for that staff, pressing alt while you confirm the popup with enter), and see if this produces unwanted results on other staves, or in other places (in that case you can alternate between 4/4 and 1/1, and copy paste the 1/1 when needed):