Hi Forum;
Been a while, as I’ve been using Dorico almost daily and made substantial progress transitioning from the F software.
I don’t think this is possible in D, but…can I have a multi-measure rest combined with empty bars in Write mode?
Like this:
I need to be able to input music in the empty bars as students are listening to music in a live class (thus Write mode).
I experimented with all the options in LayoutOptions/Players/Bar Rests & Multi Bar Rests but can’t find a solution yet.
I tried hiding notes in Write mode, but they show up until you replace them with the real music notation. Not a good visual for students.
I tried inputting notes in the part (thus replacing mm rests as the music was input); again, not a good visual in a live class.
Any ideas?
Let me know, and thanks in advance.
Bill
If I understood correctly, try View>Note and Rest Colors> uncheck Hidden Noteheads.
You will be able to enter notes whithout seeing the hidden noteheads.
Thanks Charlse;
That works partly. However, I can’t seem to have mm rests appear for different flows, not for others, in the same project.
From the manual “You can hide/show multi-bar rests in each layout independently in Dorico Pro, and you can hide/show bar number ranges below them.”
Here’s my project. I can’t get the mm rests+blank (hidden notes) bars as in your file. Dictation.dorico (742.4 KB)
Any suggestion?
Thanks, Bill
I just realized I had hidden notes in the first 4 bars ot “Swift.” I removed them, but MM rest still not appearing in those 4 bars.
Here’s the file again with the hidden notes removed. Dictation.dorico (742.4 KB)
Let me know,
Thanks, Bill
To display the multibar rests: Layout Options>Players>Bar and Multibar rests>Consolidate>Multibar rests.
That said, I’m not entirely sure where you want Multibar Rests and where you want regular empty bars… In your document, Flows 1 and 3 contain truly empty bars (which can show as multibar rests if you enable the function, or as empty bars without rests, like you had it set), while Flow 2 has hidden notes — so multibar rests can’t appear there because there are actually notes. In my screenshot above, I had four truly empty bars (so multibar rest), and the rest was filled with hidden notes.
Here is your file with the second flow looking like your first screenshot.
I enabled MB rests in score and parts, but you maybe don’t want them in the score.
Hi Charles;
That works for if I use a part for each song. Here’s what I really want to do: separate flows in a single project, with the mm rests showing in separate flows in Write mode.
Thank you! So, I would say the best option is to have a single player and a single part layout (in addition to the full score). In the Layout Options, for the part layout, you should choose the following (uncheck Show bar rests… and check Multi-bar rests)
Then, as a workaround to break the multibar rests, you can insert Chord Symbol Regions on the bars you want to keep empty but without multibar rests (Select the bars, Shift+Q, type reg) . In the View menu, uncheck Highlight Chord Symbol Regions. Here’s how it looks, quickly, in a new project.
