Forcing Extra Notes in a Bar / Rebar Option in Dorico (2 questions)

[Chikitin]

Hi all,

Q1) Is there a way to force Dorico to accept extra notes in a bar — essentially allowing overfilling a measure beyond the time signature, like you can in some other notation software?

Q2) Also, is there a “Rebar” function similar to what Finale offers, where the music can be re-measured automatically after changes?

Thanks in advance!

[TonH]

@Chikitin

Is there a way to force Dorico to accept extra notes in a bar — essentially allowing overfilling a measure beyond the time signature

I’m not sure.

But you can create hidden time signatures to make it look like

[TonH]

@Chikitin

Also, is there a “Rebar” function similar to what Finaleoffers, where the music can be re-measured automatically after changes?

If you change the meter, the bars are changed automagically

[Zalde]

Another way to add “extra” notes to a bar is by using hidden tuplets:

So add the notes as whatever tuplet value you need, and then hide the bracket and number in the Properties panel. (Can’t believe I’m faster than @charles_piano with a tuplet-related answer here.)

@Chikitin

Q2) Also, is there a “Rebar” function similar to what Finale offers, where the music can be re-measured automatically after changes?

Could you elaborate a bit more about why you need this? I used it regularly in Finale but I haven’t had any need for it in the past year with Dorico (and your question just made me realize that!).