Hi,
Is there a way to legato a note as in Cubase. Basically, the length of the selected notes will be adjusted so that they reach the next selected note by the press of a button.
Thereās an extend duration to next note option at Write > Edit Duration. Assign a keyboard shortcut to it (from Preferences > Key Commands) if you expect to use it frequently.
Thank you. I wish it was called legato. Especially for us with Cubase background:)
If the notes are already āabuttingā, you can also input a slur over them - this causes Dorico to lengthen the playback duration of notes, and I think also trigger the ālegatoā playback technique for that instrument, if one exists in the current sound library. You can also adjust the played duration of notes (which affects how they sound in playback) independently of their notated duration (which is how they look in the score) in Play mode.
This is all a bit OT from your specific question, but I thought Iād share in case itās useful 
Thank you. I am new to Dorico so any new knowledge is good to know! This is my fourth (engraving/scoring) software after Encore ( passport), Finale, Cubase Score editor. I suppose this is my last one!
This isnāt the same thing as what playing musicians call legato. Legato might be what playing musicians do if they see two abutting notes with no other articulation marks, but typically a slur is used to indicate legato.
That is true. Thanks for the clarification.
Faced with this same problem. There is no Edit note duration. I have Dorico 5. Has something changed. Iām tired of listening to constant staccatoes.
Hi @Suzanne_Demontigny look here:
I believe there is an option in the expression map to set a length (%) for a playback technique, such as legato. You could set it to 105% for legato and see what happens?
Edit: Yeah like in the post above, but for a specific playback technique. Iām using spitfire symphonic orchestra and I also had to set my VST instruments to anything but UACC.
How do you change your first measure to a pickup measure? Iāve looked far and wide online and nothing works. Also, how do I change my tempo? Again, nothing works. I either donāt have the same choices that they claim I have, or once I click on it, nothing happens.
Change your time signature. eg. shift-M 4/4,1 creates a 1 beat pickup. (shift-M 4/4,0.5 creates a quaver pickup, etc.)
If you have already written your notes and you want to get rid of the starting rests, select the 1st and use shift-B -3q to remove 3 beats of time.
(and please stop posting the same question on multiple threads!)
That didnāt work. All it did was to remove two beats, then add the upbeat to the first measure. Also, you say select the first one, but do you mean note or measure. I tried both. Neither worked.
Have you read the manual?
Hey, new question. Everything is working pretty good and things are going fast and well, but now I have a new problem. Iām trying to hide empty staves and have followed several directions, but no matter what I do, they stay put. My score is for choir and Iād like to hide the voice staves when only the piano is playing. Also, when only two voices are singing. How do i do it?
Hi @Suzanne_Demontigny , if you search the Manual after āhide empty stavesā or just āhide stavesā the first couple of results answer your question:
and (more specific for particular cases):
Itās possible that you have āhiddenā elements that make Dorico think the staves are not empty. It could be Crescendo tipping over the bar line or the dots after a ritard, or a lyric hyphen. Make sure the staves are truly empty.
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