Note spacing

Behemoth · February 22, 2017, 3:30pm

I’ve put this passage into one system which seems to cause the spacing issue in bar 5 - anything I can do to adjust it?

Derrek · February 22, 2017, 4:58pm

I had this problem in a similar situation. My question and Daniel’s response are at

fratveno · February 22, 2017, 5:04pm

You’ve certainly squeezed a lot of music onto that system… So it could benefit from a slight reduction in Space size (Layout Options.)

The reason it’s happening is the interval Ab-G, but I’m not sure why. Feels more like a bug to me.

Never noticed the thread Derrek is referring to, but I managed to fix it by entering a Note Spacing Change on both beats in that bar, setting the first to around half the value, and the second to restore it to the default setting. That seemed to give a better result than reducing the default values…

Behemoth · February 22, 2017, 6:38pm

Daniel’s answer works, as Derrek says like a dream - many thanks indeed. Will explore the other Note Spacing option as well.

dspreadbury · February 22, 2017, 10:21pm

That’s a great-looking Psalm sheet, Behemoth. My compliments.

Behemoth · February 22, 2017, 11:26pm

Returned in spades, Daniel - not least for your and your team’s amazing work on Dorico - it’s an incredible piece of kit. I’m really looking forward to exploring its capabilities.

nicholasG · February 22, 2017, 11:28pm

Is the note spacing change for the entire document or just selected notes?

nicholasG · February 23, 2017, 1:29am

Never mind, I see it’s for the entire document.

fratveno · February 23, 2017, 9:24am

Changing the note spacing in Layout Options is global to each layout, while a note spacing change can be inserted in the score and will affect the following music.

nicholasG · February 23, 2017, 12:33pm

I don’t quit understand your statement:

“while a note spacing change can be INSERTED in the score and will affect the following music”.

How can note spacing be “inserted into score”?

fratveno · February 23, 2017, 12:37pm

That’s a very good question. It is (was) supposed to be availble from the Edit Menu, but apparently has been removed for some reason. I had assigned a keyboard shortcut to it earlier so didn’t notice until now. But it’s there and works as expected here…

nicholasG · February 23, 2017, 1:11pm

Thanks very much.

nicholasG · February 23, 2017, 1:27pm

It’s in Engrave mode, It’s under the “Engrave” menu. Works great. Never knew it was there.
Thanks again.

fratveno · February 23, 2017, 1:33pm

Ah, thanks for the correction! When I checked my key commands, it was listed under Edit and not Engrave, hence the confusion