Hello, just wondering about a little concern I have when it comes to engraving. Below is a little corner from a score I’m working on where the amount of notational elements leads to very large spacing between staves, that can be easily optimised by moving dynamics and divisi labels forward. However, doing so leaves the vertical spacing where it is, which means that I have to adjust the spacing across the entire 24 staff system in order to correct the vertical system. Second image is this with things positioned where I like them.
Is there a way to make Dorico ignore collision avoidance for these elements (dynamics & player labels), so that they don’t distort the vertical spacing unnecessarily?
Step 1: Ask yourself if you really need all of them.
I would just hide the markings for the entries in the 2nd and 3rd staff. Assuming that the 2nd staff is only 1st and 2nd horn (?), it would be clear to the reader that the up-stem notes belong to the 1st player and the down-stem notes belong to the 2nd player. Same for the 3rd staff with 3rd and 4th player. Just hide them, you won’t lose any information.
If you use the Beat-relative position property for Dynamics rather than manually nudging/dragging them, Dorico will respect the (semi-automated) positions of these dynamics and close up the spacing accordingly. This property can be set Locally rather than Globally, meaning the dynamics will only show before the note on the score, not the parts.
Such a property doesn’t exist for Condensing Labels, sadly.
