I have a score with a tall guitar part, with chords, on a single staff. I’ve also got bass and drums. If I set minimum gaps large enough to accommodate the tall guitar part, there’s a lot of empty space between bass and drums. Is it possible to set minimum gaps per particluar staff anywhere in Do…

[image] jonburr: Is it possible to set minimum gaps per particluar staff anywhere in Dorico? No. Could you upload some screenshots - or even better, a project - with some examples?

[image] DanielMuzMurray: Could you upload some screenshots Sorry, no, client work, copyright issues.

There’s been a thread revived like yesterday or the day before where that issue was solved using a 0-line staff to fake that bigger gap

A combination of adjusting the minimum gaps and also ideal gaps, which add extra space between staves with sticking-out material, could help.

[image] MarcLarcher: There’s been a thread revived like yesterday or the day before where that issue was solved using a 0-line staff to fake that bigger gap Would you have a link for that…?

[image] Lillie_Harris: A combination of adjusting the minimum gaps and also ideal gap In order to leverage Minimum Gaps, “Automatically avoid…etc” has to be activated, correct? The problem with this solution is that the gaps then become variable depending on the staff content in any particula…

[image] jonburr: [image] MarcLarcher: There’s been a thread revived like yesterday or the day before where that issue was solved using a 0-line staff to fake that bigger gap Would you have a link for that…? @jonburr I think the thread that @MarcLarcher means is this: [im…

Zero line staff download and unzip this file, Thanks so much ! I’ll report back… :folded_hands:t3:

Zero line staff you should find a zero-line Found it OK, still trying to config it. Hiding the rests is in Layout Options>Players (which unf hides em everywhere) - but I’m still seeing other artifacts, like key sig, time sig, and barlines… Is it possible to hide all that stuff?

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DanielMuzMurray March 25, 2025, 7:55pm 8

Zero line staff Dorico

ZeroLines.zip (2.2 KB) If you download and unzip this file, it will produce a folder called ZeroLines. In the Finder, use Go > Go To Folder to go to this location: /Library/Application Support/Steinberg/ Inside there, create a folder called Dorico 5, then inside that folder create another called DefaultLibraryAdditions (note, no spaces in this folder name). Finally, drag the ZeroLines folder into the DefaultLibraryAdditions folder. Now restart Dorico: you should find a zero-line instrument i…

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