For these measures, it would be easier to read if the Cl. 1 stems went up and the Cl. 2 stems went down, but I can’t seem to get Dorico to split them without Dorico splitting all unisons throughout the entire piece.
I tried using the “Notation Options”, “Mid-Phrase Unison Approach” option to split the stems which does work for these measures, but it splits the stems for all unisons in all parts throughout the entire score.
I’m sure if I just “Hide” the “a2’ notations, the conductor could probably deduce that the unisons are for both parts, but it would be clearer if, for just these measures, the stems for each instrument were split.
Is there a way to get Dorico to split the unison stems for just these measures without changing all the other unisons throughout the score?
Thanks!
You could add a manual condensing change at the start of that bar.
And then add a condensing reset when you want to return to the behavior set in Notation Options.
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And a little later on, Dorico is splitting the stems when it doesn’t need to.
I’ve checked everything in both parts and all of the slurs, staccatos, and the dynamics are entered identically but it’s splitting them anyway.
How do you get to that window? I’ve not seen it before.
Select a note in Engrave mode and do Engrave > Condensing Change. This lets you specify a condensing approach for a stretch of music.
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Remember that Dorico makes condensing decisions based on a phrase – notes that occur between rests. So without seeing more context here, it’s hard to guess why Dorico is using split stems.
Okay, for the clarinet issue, that worked!
For anyone who finds this thread, by using this technique Dorico makes the condensing change from the first note selected to the end of the piece. If you want Dorico to go back to its default condensing option you have to select the first note in the measure where you want it to revert and go the same menu and select “Reset”. (small detail, but it took me a minute to figure that out.)
Ah! I see, it’s probably because the “phrase” begins with just Bsn 1 and then Bsn 2 joins in the unison on the following measures.
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Yes, I mentioned that in my reply above. (Dorico calls it “Reset”, not “Revert”.) A condensing change works just like a note spacing change or manual staff visibility – it’s in effect until you say otherwise.
Thanks, I just corrected my mistake.
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