Maracas

[p.nelson]

I am having some problems with the Maracas line:

1. I have input sextuplets on the upper line, but I want both maracas to play this. When I try to input on the lower line, I cannot get sextuplets - or at least the sextuplets alter the upper line [see images].
2. I cannot seem to separate the Maracas lines, so I want a snap with one maraca and a roll on the other, but I cannot seem to notate this. [See image]
   Any suggestions?
   Thanks!
   
   
   
   

[DanielMuzMurray]

Do your settings in Notation Options match these? If not, does it help?

[DanielMuzMurray]

What is your procedure for entering the sextuplets? From your screenshot, it looks as though you’ve been inputting two sextuplets in the Mara. 2 line (see the caret position and the sextuplet inside the sextuplet).

Make sure that the caret is on the top Mara. 1 line if you want a sextuplet on the top maraca.

[p.nelson]

Thanks for this: the Notation Options are as you indicate.
I am trying to enter notes on each line with the carat on the correct line.
But if I put a sextuplet - on either line - when I change lines, the sextuplet gets nested ! So I can only find two input options - see images attached.
What I want is the first image, but without the nested sextuplet …!
Any other thoughts?
Many thanks again!

[Derrek]

Can you post an excerpt Dorico file so we can see how you set up the Maracas on separate lines to begin with? That would be much more helpful than a verbal description and static images.

[p.nelson]

OK thanks for the continued dialogue. I attach here the relevant bars in excerpt, plus the bit of score I am trying to typeset.

Thanks.
Zerrisen…!_excrpt.dorico (1.3 MB)