It would be amazing to have an option for tremolos on beamed notes to be drawn using primitives (instead of glyphs), so that their angle and thickness could match the beams.
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With some effort, it is possible to simulate tremolos on beamed notes with angles matching the beams as shown in the last bar below:
In Engraving Options > Beams > Appearance, the Partial beam length is set to 3/5. In bar 1, two eighth notes are entered separated by two eighth rests. In bar 2, the rests are removed, the command Beam Together is executed separately on each note, and the property Partial beam direction is set to Left on the first note and Right on the second note. In bar 3, four sixteenths are entered in a different voice inside a 4:8x tuplet. In bar 4, the tuplet number is hidden, the last three notes are selected, and the property Split secondary beam is activated. Bars 5 and 6 are the same as bars 3 and 4 except that a third voice is used, and after the middle two notes are selected in bar 6, the Partial beam direction is set to Right. Bar 7 is obtained by combining bars 2, 4 and 6, selecting all of the notes and changing the Voice column index to zero in engrave mode. In bar 8, the height and angle of the partial beam on each eighth note are adjusted in engrave mode.
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OMG! I’m not sure I’ll use this workaround anytime soon, but it’s awesome. Yet, an option for tremolo marks following the beam slant (and thickness!) would be welcome. They’re abbreviated beams, after all.
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This workaround is both impressive and extreme. It highlights the need for a native feature.
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Interesting… using a similar method to johnkprice, I was able to create French beaming in Dorico.
- 1st and 4th note are v1, beamed together.
- 2nd and 3rd note are v2, with beams width set to zero, and beam angle adjusted in Engrave Mode.
- rests hidden
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Don’t you mean the first and last notes in each beat are voice 1, and the middle two notes are voice 2?
Yes, I mistyped. Corrected in my post.
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