Hello everyone, when I write a time signature like 12/16,8 (as shown in the image below), is there any way to maintain this time signature for the rest of the line? What I see happening is that Dorico assumes this formula in measure 1 but then continues with a normal 12/16 (without the “8”). I want it to continue with 12/16,8 without having to copy this formula for all the remaining measures. Is it possible?
Thanks.
If one wants alternating time signatures, I believe there is a different way to ask Dorico for that option. The 8 in 12/16,8 is an anacrusis, not a separate measure.
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I want two different time signatures simultaneously and for the 12/16 measure to fit in the same duration as the 4/8 (as in the image below). I was trying things out here but I’m a little lost (first day with Dorico). Sorry for the confusion.
I’m afraid Dorico doesn’t currently allow you to specify the metric modulation for two simultaneous time signatures, so this can’t be done directly. You’ll need both staves to have bars of the same length and then use hidden tuplets in one of them to handle the ratio that exists between them.
This is something we plan to address in a future version of Dorico, but it’s a big job that has impacts across many areas of the application, so it’s not something we can add in an afternoon (or even a year of afternoons!).
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@mario.ribeiro84 The complete trick in Dorico is: put 12/16,8 in the first bar (locally, 1 staff only), and then put a hidden 4/8 in the next bar, so that the barlines coincide. Then enter triplets in the upper part and hide all numbers and brackets.
@dspreadbury That would be an amazing and powerful feature indeed! Hope the team finds a way to pull it off eventually.
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