Instead of the flow being stopped at that point, I get the proofreading warning written above. When I write “fine” I would expect Dorico to understand that the piece should be stopped at that point. What do I miss here?
Iris - Oscar Rosati.dorico (1,7 MB)
I don’t know if this further complicates the matter, but the proofreading message goes away if you enable Play repeats after D.S./D.C. jump in Playback Options > Repeats.
Thank you StevenJones01! Enabling this actually stops the flow, which is great, even if it seems paradoxical to me, given the Text of the option “Play repeats…” which could perhaps also be translated to “obey to repeat markers”.
And here comes another problem which might have to do with me placing the ‘fine’ in a wrong way. The flow stops at the end of the bar before the last bar. How can I solve this?
It looks like the Fine is attached to the barline at the start of the 1st-time ending. Try cutting it (ctrl/cmd-X) and the select the repeat barline and paste. You will probably need to re-position it in Engrave mode.
After having reproduced your advice, the proofreading message reappeared and the repeat was actually played, which I do not want because of the D.C. al Fine senza rip. So I disabled the option in playback options again. The result has finally not improved yet.
Iris - Oscar Rosati.dorico (1,7 MB)
One thing to keep in mind is that not all proofreading suggestions need to be “fixed” – if the project looks the way you want it to, you can just click “Ignore” and move on.
If you want correct playback, you can change your rhythmic grid value to something smaller than an eighth note and move the Fine to just before the repeat barline, then enable the “Play repeats after jump” option that @StevenJones01 mentioned. You will need to adjust positions in Engrave mode and also ignore the two proofreading suggestions that appear.
Personally, I find the Fine located inside the first ending to be a little confusing. One thing you might consider is using a DC al Coda, where the coda simply consists of (for example) bar 15 and the first ending, repeated. This also avoids all proofreading messages.
Thank you very much @asherber for your profound and helpful post. I totally agree with you what you write about proofreading messages. I can live with many of them peacefully.
Maybe I should have taken another headline for my post because for me it’s more about learning how to organize repeats correctly and effective, for the player as well as for playback.
The Fine should indeed not be positioned inside the first ending.
Your last suggestion simplifies everything in the most effective way. Thank you very much for that. I had copied the music from an old edition where it was written with fine.
