Conductors, I learned today, like to see instrument sections in scores. Is there a way (I’m sure there is) to remove the bar lines between sections? Looking at this excerpt, I would like to remove the bar lines in the spaces between the bassoon and clarinets, between the clarinets and saxes, between the trumpets and horns, between the horns and trombones, between the trombones and euphonium, and between the tuba and percussion parts (including the timpani)? It’s something I would like to do prior to publishing this piece. I haven’t found anything yet. Maybe I am asking the wrong question when I search for the solution. Please point me in the right direction to work this out.
Zeus Awakened 2025-01-20a - Flow 2.dorico (620.3 KB)
Turn Condensing off
Go into Engrave mode
Click on the staff which will be at the top of the connecting barline (eg Clarinet 1)
Ctrl/Cmd-click on the staff which will be at the bottom of the connecting barline (eg Contrabass Clarinet)
Make sure that a notation element in both staves is highlighted (in your example, this would be the rest in the first bar of each of the two instruments), then click on the icon in the left panel which shows two staves connected with a barline
For reference:
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Thanks for helping out, but I seem not to be able to continue after selecting the contra clar. I get a pop up when I click the rest in this part (I’m on a Mac). Also looking for the bar line formatting in the left panel, which either I have never seen in engrave mode nor am not sure where to find it/bring it up in the left panel.
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Because Dorico runs on Mac and Windows, the modifier keys which are held down with an alphanumeric key can sometimes differ. For example, Mac has a cmd (command) key, Windows does not; Windows has a Windows key, Mac does not. The alt key on Windows has historically been called the option key (opt) on Mac. For the documentation to avoid being overly verbose, when it gives a key combination such as ctrl/cmd-A, that means ctrl-A on Windows, cmd-A on Mac. When you see alt/opt-C, that means alt-C on Windows and opt-C on Mac. So, on a Mac (which I am on also) after clicking on the Clarinet rest you should cmd-click on the Contrabass Clarinet rest. In your screenshot it looks like you were holding down the ctrl key (as well as the cmd key?). ctrl-click acts the same on Mac as a right-click. This dates from when a Mac mouse had one button but needed the functionality of a second button.
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The barline icon in the left panel is in Bracketing just below what shows in your screenshot. If you can’t scroll down to view it (hover the pointer over the left panel and move the mouse wheel), click on the “V” symbol after one or more of Move Bars Between Systems, Format Systems, Format Music Frames and Lock Layout. This will close them up, allowing the categories underneath to move upwards.
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Much obliged. I think what was hanging me up was using the control + command + click. I got the result I was looking for.
Of course, not being able to condense leads to the issue of the score looking too cluttered. I like to use a rastral size that is fairly easy for the conductor to read. I started at 6 and had to go to 8 to avoid collisions as much as possible. I take it that no condensing can be used after the bar line adjustments I made. True? I tried and it put me back to square one.