I have a choral work with an open score using SA, T, and B staves. I want to condense the Tenor and Bass staves together, but they are separate players. I tried using Condensing Change, but it didn’t work. I also created a new condensing group in the Layout Options for the score and added Tenor and Bass to it, but I still couldn’t figure out how to get them to condense. How can I do this properly in Dorico?
Similar to my reply in your other post, maybe just use two voices on a Bass staff, and then use Divisi (or two separate staves, hiding the Tenor when both parts use the Bass staff alone).
I have already created two separate players—Tenor and Bass—so is there no way to condense these two staves?
It should be possible to use Condensing, yes. Why it’s not happening is hard to say without more details, such as the document itself.
Though it’s often easier for vocal scores just to do it “manually” by using voices on one staff. Assuming you don’t need other layouts whether the parts aren’t joined together.
Thank you for your response. I will explore this further to see whether it is possible in my case.
Thank you again for your guidance.
@ProfS
Just to check (sorry if this is obvious and you already did it): did you also activated Enable Condensing for that layout?: creating condensing groups or using Condensing changes doesn’t have any effect if condensing is not enabled for the layout:
