How to create a staff without staff lines only bar lines and chord symbols?

[Christian_R]

@Thomas_Gunther

where did you get it from

see here for example:

Zero line staff

ZeroLines.zip (2.2 KB) If you download and unzip this file, it will produce a folder called ZeroLines. In the Finder, use Go > Go To Folder to go to this location: /Library/Application Support/Steinberg/ Inside there, create a folder called Dorico 5, then inside that folder create another called DefaultLibraryAdditions (note, no spaces in this folder name). Finally, drag the ZeroLines folder into the DefaultLibraryAdditions folder. Now restart Dorico: you should find a zero-line instrument i…

or here:

Instrument with zero lines (0-line Staff)

Yeah, there was a change in how Dorico handles these between D4 and D5. I think I figured it out and detailed it in this post. Here’s a new doricolib file for D5 that creates both a 0-Line and 1-Line instrument in the Custom category. Additionally, it creates a Clef for the 1-Line Staff that defines the line to be middle C for ease of input. The image appears wrong in the right panel, but is correct in the score. If you delete that old doricolib file and use this one instead, it should work cor…