Create an Incomplete Last Measure

Hey there, I am having trouble tweaking the last measure. I am looking to create a “hanging/incomplete” measure at the end of a transcribed excerpt. The original has something like this:

Notice how the last measure only has an eighth note with no ending barline. How would I achieve this in Dorico?

Thank you!

in Notation Options set the final barline to invisible:

[edit] It needs an additional step here, see below:

For trimming your last bar, select the last note, use the Bars and barline popover (Shift-B), then type “trim” and finish with Enter.

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You could use an open time signature and a system break.

Jesper

But if this is the last measure @k_b solution is better.

Jesper

Ah, this seems like a good solution! I’ll try it out :grin:

May I ask, what does the 1/8 (e,1) indicate?

It does need an additional step.
Insert a Time Signature of 1/8 at the last bar.
Hide the Time Signature.
Only now the trim command will work:

Trim last bar.dorico (609.1 KB)

Okay, I just realized I don’t understand the syntax of Dorico’s meter signposts either; what is the (e, 1) suffix meant to indicate?

I thought for the longest time that was telling you the length/beats of the pick-up bar… but creating a 4/4 time signature with a 2 beat pick-up bar gives you 4/4, (q, 1+1+1+1). This doesn’t show up without a pick-up bar, so I’m confused how that last bit represents the anacrusis?

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I guess it means that there is 1 eight-note in the measure.
And it’s a signpost since the time signature is hidden.
Jesper

It’s a signpost. You can turn them on or off. Indispensible for viewing hidden time signatures and so on. Here is the list of note value abbreviations Dorico uses:

p 306 Dorico 5.1 manual.

Thank you all! This worked out well!

By Far the best way, I think. Bravo. :clap:

Because the PDF page count is liable to change due to even minor amendments to picture sizes, related links, topic order etc, here’s a direct link to the equivalent page in the online manual (scroll down a bit for the metronome mark beat unit section)

(PS @Andro I published a minor update to the manuals last week, so if you maintain a local saved copy of the PDF on your computer, it might be worth updating it)