In Notation Options, under “Bar rests for additional voices” I’ve opted for “Omit bar rests” and yet I still consistently get full-bar rests in secondary voices in this piano score. The secondary voice bar rest in ms 3 is triggered (I assume) by the C in ms 2 in a secondary voice, followed by no secondary voice in ms 3.
Please see attached.
Implicit bar rests.dorico (1.1 MB)
I guess you have to use Edit->Remove Rests.
Jesper
It’s actually an explicit bar rest (you can select it and delete it). I’d say Dorico wouldn’t create an implicit bar rest in this situation.
If I go on in your file, no secondary-voice bar rest is created:
Is it a xml-imported file by any chance?
This is not xml-imported.
I went back and recreated the situation, and sure enough, no secondary-voice bar rest was created this time around. I find that curious. Annoying, but curious. It feels like maybe the “Omit bar rests” option doesn’t take effect until Dorico closes and reopens. I know that sounds crazy. I know I’ve encountered this problem before with other projects, and suddenly, it just stops happening and I get on with my work.
If I can get this problem to recur with any consistency, I’ll add to this post.
In case it helps: if you enable View > Note and Rests Colors > Implicit Rests the implicit rests will turn grey. Then, you’ll be able to determine if the rests have been created by Dorico (grey) or by a human being (colored — or black if voice colors are switched off)!
I’m confused by “rests created by a human.” I’ve learned never to try and enter a rest explicitly in Dorico, just place the caret where you want a note and let Dorico insert the necessary rests. So all the rests in that sample were put in there for me by Dorico, including the whole measure rest - which has now disappeared. Still, thanks for the support!
HA! I think I’ve finally isolated when Dorico will consistently put in a whole measure rest following a measure with a secondary voice, even if I’ve asked it (nicely) NOT to in Notation Options. In my example given above, If I enter notes into ms 4 without first removing the half-note rest in ms 3, Dorico does NOT insert a whole measure rest for the secondary voice in ms 4. BUT, if I do an ENDS VOICE on that half measure rest in ms 3 before entering notes into ms 4, Dorico will enter a whole measure rest for the secondary voice in ms 4. Every time. Not a huge deal, I realize, but I do feel vindicated. And feeling vindicated is almost as good as feeling loved.
