I am working on a set of hymn accompaniments for organ. I like to use the 3rd staff for pedal with the introductions and reharmonization(s), but not when presenting the standard hymn harmonization in chorale style. When I hide the staff mid-system, and a double-bar is present, the staff lines do not connect all the way to the second bar. However, if the staff is added back mid-system, the appearance is as I would expect it. Am I missing a setting somewhere? Is this expected behavior from the app? Does anyone know of a workaround?
You seem to have stumbled upon a little bug (or, perhaps more precisely, an unforeseen use case, rather than a âbugâ).
Can you attach the project youâre working on so I can take a closer look?
When the OP talked about âhidingâ the staff, I think what he did was to choose Edit > Notations > Staff > Remove Staff.
The behaviour is the same for any barline âbiggerâ than a single line (eg repeats).
That is correct. I chose âRemoveâ staff. I donât claim to be an expert user, but in my experience, this is the only way I know to get the staff to cut mid-system. In most cases, I would hide a staff using staff visibility at system and frame breaks.
I have attached a sample Dorico file with the behavior shown. I just put a few bars of âHail, Holy Queenâ together, not necessarily how I would arrange them harmonically or format them in score. I just want to show the result.
Cutaway staff example.dorico (799.5 KB)
Absolutely. Thank you. I posted the file in my response to stevenjones01. Itâs not the actual project I referenced, but it shows the same result.
I wonder if any determination has been made about this? I am guessing itâs a bug and will be corrected at some point in a future release. I also wonder if anyone has any ideas on how to cosmetically work around it, aside from just hiding the staff in the following system? Again, I only encounter this problem using the âremove staffâ command mid-system with a double-bar.
Assuming you are using Dorico Pro, try these steps:
- Select the double barline where the pedal staff is removed and change it to a single barline.
- Type Shift+B followed by +1z and press Enter.
- Select one of the 64th rests and type Shift+M followed by 1/64 and press Enter.
- In the properties panel, hide the new time signature.
- Select the three whole rests and set their custom scale to 1.
- With the note spacing tool in engrave mode, move the whole rests as far to the left as possible.
- Move the following barline to the left until both single barlines look like a double barline.
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Alternatively, use Edit > Remove Rests.
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Sorry, this one is still on my backlog until I have sufficient time to investigate it in more detail. Apologies for the delay.
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Thank you! I am using Dorico Pro, and your suggestion achieved exactly what I needed. Also, I did as @StevenJones01 suggested, and used âEdit: Remove Rests.â
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