Dual/Poli Tonality

Dorico
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Hi everyone,
I’m curious to know if Dorico 3.5.12 supports Dual/Poli tonality. Just interested in exploring this composition technique.
Thanks,

2

If you’re asking whether you can have different key signatures in different staves, the answer is yes.

Select the staff, Shift-K, enter the key signature, and close the popover using Alt-Enter or Opt-Enter.

3

Thank you. This solved my problem.

4

Hi Dankender,
I was thinking: can I assign different measures to different players? Is that possible?
e.g.: Player 1 has 4/4.
Player 2 has ⅞

5

Yes, easily. Do you want the barlines to line up? Or independent?

6

It would be nice to know how to do both, if you could.

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To make independent barlines, simply use Shift-M on a staff, enter the time signature, and press Alt-Enter to close the popover.

To align the barlines, you’ll need to search the forum for something like “poly meter” or “concurrent barlines.” Also try “hidden tuplets.”

8

OK. Will do.
Thank you very much.

9

Hi DanKreider,
Would you know if I can have a custom key signature on a single staff, different from the other staves?
I understand that we can’t choose custom keys with the popup; only with the panel.
Let me know if you have any solution.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

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The same way we assign something to one-staff-only with a popup: the Alt key.

  1. Select the beat where the key sig goes (or put the caret there)
  2. Hold Alt and click the key sig in the panel
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Thank you for the info.

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You can also press alt+enter in the popover. Works for both assigning individual key signatures and meters.