Version:
Dorico 6.1.10.6078
AudioEngine 6.1.0.13
macOS 14.7.6 (23H626)
Description:
I am seeing inconsistent enharmonic respelling when copying between layouts.
Steps to reproduce:
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In Part A, create in measure 2 a tied pair A♯–B♭, followed by C♭ and D♭.
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Select the whole measure and copy.
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Paste into measure 2 of Part B (same key signature, piano staves, non-transposing).
Result (Part → Part):
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A♯–B♭ becomes A♯–A♯
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C♭ becomes B
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D♭ remains D♭
Control test:
Performing the same copy/paste in the Full Score preserves the original spelling correctly.
Important finding:
If I disable Notation Options → Accidentals → Prefer simpler accidentals, the problem disappears and spelling is preserved.
Question:
Is this behaviour expected specifically for part layouts, or could this be an inconsistency between Score and Parts when automatic respelling is enabled? I have seen the related thread about score/part differences, but this case specifically concerns automatic respelling triggered by paste.
Welcome to the forum, @zlikasthanasis!
I can’t reproduce it… Is that what you’re doing?
And I don’t see any difference by changing the option you’re mentionning. Are you talking about this one?
It’s supposed to concern only transposition, so it looks strange if it changes something on your end.
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It works correctly only when “Prefer simpler accidentals“ is not selected
Would you like to upload a cutdown version of your file here, so someone can take a look?
I’m afraid it’s hard to guess what’s happening just with your description.
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Here is a sample from the dorico file
sample.dorico (1.0 MB)
It also works correctly when copying and pasting in full score, but not from part to part. Is this due to the difference between part and full score version of the forced accidental? I forced respelling in part A while full score remained unaffected
I was about to suggest something like that after a few tries…
If you change the spelling in the score (i.e. somehow the “Master-Spelling” for Dorico) to what you have in the part, then pasting from part to part keeps the accendental changes.
Maybe also the special enharmonic tied chain A#-Bb confuses Dorico — if you try to propagate the note spelling from the part to the score, it does’nt work properly (it gives Bb-Bb).
But on my end, unticking “Prefer simpler accidentals” doesn’t change the behavior.
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I think that’s what is going on. It shouldn’t though, as long as local properties are set to “Globally”
Globally/Locally doesn’t have effect on spelling between parts and score, AFAIK, since spelling is not a property.
The global rule is: when you respell in the score, it affects the part; when you respell the part, it doesn’t affect the score — regardless of Globally/Locally scopes.
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