As I am dealing with existing files I started out with cust and paste. However, I have been having issues with simple noted editing.
#1 I have created a 15/4 bar for a cadenza. Yet the bar will only allow me to put four beats into it. Why is that?
#2 I have gotten this into a state where I cannot click and add notes. If I click in the orange staff nothing happens. The only thing I can do is click on an existing quarter note, then click on the 8th note button and the quarter turns into a 8th note the 8th rest. I have seen this before. How do I get out of this state.
Dorico lets you display one time sig, but actually ‘use’ another, for one bar, e.g. for a pick-up bar.
If you add another time sig halfway through a bar, it will cut the beats, without changing the signature.
You can add beats with Shift B, then type 11q
Not sure about #2: don’t think that’s happened to me. Maybe quit and restart?
Whilst this is one approach, I find it much easier to notate cadenzas inside one giant tuplet. So, if the cadenza is 15 beats long in a 4/4 bar, I create a 15:4q tuplet and just hide the tuplet bracket and number. Dorico’s perfect handling of nested tuplets means you can nest any notation you want within the tuplet. This means you don’t mess up any other parts by unnecessary meter changes.
Regarding the note being able to enter notes, yes restarting Dorico allows me to do it, but I am having to restart after every entering every few notes.
That’s not right. I’m not sure what you’re doing, but I’d make sure that every click or key press is actually necessary, and doing what you think it should.
Is there something I need to do besides double clicking on a measure to enter a note? I am down to restarting Dorico after nearly every note entry to get around this.
