I’d like to change the pick-up bar in the attached example to be a full quarter note in length rather than an 1/8th so that the timpani part can be a triplet that’s a 1/4 note in length rather than an eighth in length.
If I double-click on the existing time signature signpost and change the pick up from .5 to 1, all the music afterwards gets shifted by an 1/8th.
How do I add an 1/8th to the pick-up bar or what other strategy might I use?
Try putting the caret at the beginning and using the Shift+B popover to insert one eighth-worth of time by typing +1/8 into the popover. Then do 2/4,1 in the Shift+M popover to replace the initial time signature and you should be all set.
This method works as Daniel described.
Since it was more than 4 years ago, and Dorico has evolved a lot since then, just checking whether a newer, perhaps a little bit more succinct, way is now available.
TIA
Igor Borodin
I think you could now alternatively do this by engaging Insert mode with the “global adjustment of current bar” scope chosen, then simply input a note of an eighth in duration in the pick-up.
