I’ve been asked to put together a chart of instrument ranges that’s set up with very long lines connecting the notes across several octaves that span the range, like so:
I’m using Dorico’s horizontal lines, which work really well, except that it doesn’t seem like there’s an option to have them snap to the stems; I am aligning them manually but it is very hard to make the join consistent.
Enter the note at each end as an eighth.
Select all the rests in between and do Edit > Remove Rests.
Select the note at each end so that both are highlighted (select the first and then press shift + right arrow).
Do Edit > Notations > Beaming > Beam Together.
One final step in the sequence: remember to apply “Force Centered Beam” to fix incorrect stem direction and beam slants that can happen with multi-octave spans!
