Hello,
In some cases where the divisi changes mi-system (for example from in 2 to in 3)
It’s useful to use cutaways. However, in Dorico, using cutaways with divisi staves has several problems :
1- it lacks another option in Engraving Options, where both the bracket and systemic barline are shown but not the initial clef nor the staff label. So a version of option 2 but with the bracket shown like in the 4th option :
Opt. 2 :
Opt. 4 :
2- When combined with divisi, cutaways duplicates staves labels of divisi groups : each staff affected by the cutaway, automatically gets its own staff label. So an additional option to locally control whether to show/hide staff label in the panel would help.
Exp. “Vl. II” below :
for now, I have faked the desired result by adding text frames (with white background) in order to hide both the additional staff label and clef+key :
It would be great, if cutaways + divisi behaviour, gets addressed in future versions.
Thank you,
JM