Some problems working without noteheads (or empty noteheads)

Dorico
#1

Hi,
I am experimenting with empty noteheads and I find some little problems:

  1. Stems are not exactly aligned. I have tried to align them with the stem settings in the “Edit Notehead” dialog, but nothing did work…
  2. This would be a minor problem if I could align them manually, but note heads can’t be selected, and I can’t set the “voice column index” property.
  3. There is also a little problem with the position of the laissez vibr. tie (stem down), that overlaps the stem.
  4. If I select the whole bar (all noteheads selected, then), and I choose to change noteheads to default, nothing happens… The only way I can set them back to default is reentering the notes. It seems that empty noteheads are not selected.
  5. I have tried to use a 1% size default notehead instead of an empty notehead, but the problem persists (I can’t change the note head).
    I enclose screen capture and file.
    Maybe it would be a better approach to hide the noteheads with color property, but I though that an empty notehead may also be a good idea.
    Thanks in advanced,
    Xavier.
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    Untitled Project 1.zip (547 KB)
#2

The stems won’t be aligned because those notes are overlapping, and Dorico will still behave as if there are noteheads there, since having empty noteheads is not presently a supported feature of the program. Empty noteheads can’t be selected because there is nothing there to select. In general I think you will have better success with changing the colour of a normal notehead to be transparent than trying to use a notehead with no symbol in it.

#3

Thank you Daniel! I will follow your advice.