I was wondering if there is a special way to add the incomplete final measure of a piece if the music started with a pick up bar. I am familiar with adding pick up bars but not quite sure how to do it for the final measure. I tried the same method as creating pick-up bars by typing the time signature + value of measure. It sort of works but it also shows the time signature again in the measure.
There may be a way to hide the time signature or even correctly create the said measure. Thanks in advance.
You donāt need to create a time signature. You can insert a bar line (e.g. a final bar line or an end-repeat) anywhere, including in the middle of a bar.
If that leaves you with an āemptyā bar at the end if the music, do ātrim flowā in the Write menu.
Has anyone come up with a more āautomatedā way of doing this? There are several musical styles that require you ādeductā the upbeat notes from the total of the final measure (and without changing the final measure time signature), and work-arounds take a lot of time. Iām wondering if thereās some āmagicalā way of doing it that Iāve missed.
Hi @L3B you can automate the process recording a macro that you can use with two click (ok three clicks if you count selecting the rest) whenever you need it. (sorry for my poor English in the videoā¦, I hope is clear enough):
I have had problems with manually adding a final barline and then deleting the bars afterwards, as itās still an explicit barline (for example when I wanted to change the final barlines of the flows to another type, it stayed with the final barline).
So I would recommend using the shift-b, trim method.
Iām not sure Dorico could automate the process any more than the suggestions given above since Dorico will never know when it has reached the final (incomplete) measure until one tells it so.