Hi all, figured I’d start another thread since the topics start to diverge quickly with all my newb questions.
I have this part of a chart, which I’ve already made in Finale, but importing the XML into Dorico and cleaning up.
How do I change this? Thanks!
Are all the slashes the same voice?
If you turn on voice colors, are they the same color)?
Are they Up-stem Slash Voice 1?
Selext a slash and look down the bottom of the status bar. Does it display Up-stem Slash Voice 1?
Are they set to be at that position on the staff?
Select the slashes, open Properties, check for Slash position. What is that set to?
I would click on those whole note rests and use Remove Rests. I have a keyboard command set up for that (Control-R). And remove the half note rest for the first two beats for the second bar. They pop back to the normal position.
I want to say that, technically, the bar rest at bar 22 shouldn’t be there, no? There could very likely be a good reason for it though!
If it should be then, yes, definitely just remove the rest.
Thanks guys. Yeah, removing (hiding?) the rests seems to make them align vertically properly.
Next question, is the alignment of the lyrics. You can see it’s colliding a bit with the slurs and notes. This was imported from a finale xml, so it may be grabbing some of the adjustments I made in finale. Is there a way to “reset” the spacings?
The collisions with the lyrics might only happen in Galley view - confirm against page view.
Yes, in Galley View, it’s expected that things will bump into each and not be vertically spaced out. In Page View, everything should be fine.
If you’re seeing that in Page View, then something’s definitely off.
Got it, thanks guys. Yes, this is galley view, and they do go away in page view, even in write mode.
ok, next question. If I have stuff in other layers, then how do I keep the slash marks in the center of the bar? When I have the rhythm marks in the default stems up voice they are centered in the middle of the bar like normal.
When I change the voice to either the normal downstem rhythmic notation voice, or even a second downstem rhythmic notation voice I added, the slashes move down, away from the center of the bar.
How does one set the vertical positions of the rhythmic notation when there are other voices in the same bar?
This seems to be true whether I’m in write or engrave mode, galley or page view.
Thanks!
When the voices have the same stem direction, Dorico has to offset one of the voices to avoid the stems of the lower notes colliding with the upper voice. If I remember rightly (and I’m on my iPad so can’t run Dorico Pro myself right now) there’s an option in Notation Options for whether and by how much slashes will be offset when multiple voices are active, and as already mentioned earlier in this thread, you can use the Properties panel to set the vertical position of slashes.
