Condense - Inquiry about settings

[k.k]

1.How should I set the Condense Change option for the marked area to make it visible?

2. When setting the slur to condense, should slurs be placed on both the upper and lower lines at the marked locations?

Or should I just put the slur on the lower staff?

3. Can the a2 in Condense not be displayed in the special section? Does it appear everywhere?

[Christian_R]

@k.k

1.How should I set the Condense Change option for the marked area to make it visible?

See this workaround by @johnkprice:

Condensing score removes one note head of the double-stop unison

One way to obtain what you want is to convert the double-stop unison into an altered unison. In write mode with condensing turned off, select the first note of the unison, add a flat to it and suppress playback of that note. In engrave mode with condensing turned on, select both notes of the unison, set the Accidental property to Hide and activate the Split stem property: [Image]

(And in the other thread I give an example.)

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@k.k

2.When setting the slur to condense, should slurs be placed on both the upper and lower lines at the marked locations?

Or should I just put the slur on the lower staff?

This is the result of slur amalgamation:

@k.k

3.Can the a2 in Condense not be displayed in the special section? Does it appear everywhere?

Not sure what you are asking. Please provide an example Dorico file where you don’t want repeated a2

[k.k]

dot, slur.dorico (1.5 MB)

How can I remove one dot? A slur should be inserted at the marked section, but only one is visible.

[Christian_R]

@k.k

How can I remove one dot?

In Dorico 6.2 you can now hide dots from the properties panel (in Engrave mode):

@k.k

A slur should be inserted at the marked section, but only one is visible.

Please, use the trick that I suggested in the other thread:

Eighth note-hide

Hi @k.k, here a trick to have the slur appearing when the two instruments are condensed into one voice: you need to move the CC to beginning of the bar, then create a slur in the bassoon 1 in Galley view, then hide it in Galley view (setting the Opacity/Alpha to 0%). It will be hidden from Galley view, but remains visible in the condensed score (since fortunately condensed music has different/independent properties). Result: [CleanShot 2026-03-11 at 03.31.31@2x] Dorico file: 8 note conden…

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Here the corrected Dorico file:

dot, slur-CORRECTED.dorico (1.3 MB)

[k.k]

Thanks.

The hidden dot should move upward, but it won’t move.

[Christian_R]

@k.k

The hidden dot should move upward, but it won’t move.

add a dotted note into another voice (same pitch), hide its stem. Then you can hide the dot for one note in the “down-stem voice”:

dotted unison - dot position with additional voice.dorico (1.6 MB)