![]() These handles allow you to indent either end of the system from the frame, using the same key commands for the other types of handles. ![]() Two large square handles appear at either end of each system: one at the top left, one at the bottom right. When a system is too empty, the indicator is coloured purple when it is more than 70% full it is coloured green and when a system is over-full (in other words, more than 100%), it is coloured red. When editing note spacing, a new indicator at the right-hand edge of the system shows you at a glance how full each system is, expressed both as a percentage, and as the number of spaces occupied out of the total number of available spaces. This locks the affected system, ensuring that the spacing adjustments will not cause the casting-off of your layout to change. When you make any spacing or graphical adjustment, Dorico automatically creates System Breaks at the start of the adjusted system and at the start of the next system. ![]() Which will allow spacing and graphical adjustments independently of other columns. If you find that you need to make an adjustment to a voice that is currently sharing a voice column with another voice, you can move it into its own voice column using the Voice column index property, A set of handles appear for each additional voice column, allowing you to make spacing and graphical adjustments for the notes in each column independently of the first column. When multiple voices are active at the same rhythmic position, you can adjust the position of each voice column independently. You can also select the note or notes in Write mode and choose Edit > Reset Position. You can delete graphical adjustments by selecting the circular handle and pressing Delete. the position at which it is still considered to be for the purposes of spacing). When you make a graphical adjustment to an item, a horizontal red line is drawn joining the item’s circular handle to its original position (i.e. You can switch between selecting related square and circular handles by hitting Tab. To make a graphical adjustment, first select the square handle above the staff, then select the circular handle that appears on the middle staff line, and use the same key command of Alt+ left and right arrows.Īgain, adding Ctrl (or Command on Mac) lets you make larger adjustments. Pressing Delete will remove any adjustments from the selected spacing columns. ( review tutorial video starting at 1:47 to see this in action) Adding shift when navigating makes a selection to which you can apply multiple spacing adjustments at once. You can navigate between the handles by using the arrow keys on their own. The handle and dashed line will turn red to indicate it has a manual adjustment applied. You can add Ctrl (that’s Command on Mac) to adjust the spacing in larger increments. ![]() To make a spacing adjustment, select a square handle, hold down Alt and use the left and right arrow keys. You can make two kinds of adjustments to the horizontal position of notes and chords and other items positioned on the stave (for example, key signatures, time signatures and so on): spacing adjustments, which increase or decrease the amount of rhythmic space to the left and right of the item, and which affect the whole spacing column (in other words, all items that start at that rhythmic position across all staves) Īnd graphical adjustments, which move a selected item on a single staff only, in a way that does not affect the spacing of other items. With Note Spacing enabled, it is not possible to select music items, protecting you from making unwanted edits. Once enabled, dashed lines with handles appear on the score to show all of the spacing columns Dorico has created to cast off the music. The toggle to switch on Note Spacing editing can be found at the bottom of the left-hand panel in Engrave mode. Sometimes you may wish to have the freedom to increase or decrease the space between certain notes and Dorico 1.1 brings new special editing features to Engrave mode to support this. Hi, I’m Anthony Hughes, and in this video I’ll be showing you the new features for editing Note Spacing added here in Dorico 1.1.ĭorico uses complex algorithms to lay out your music on the page and this includes determining the note spacing that should be used, so that the music is as legible as possible. Presented here in written form with the kind permission of its creator, Anthony Hughes, this tutorial is titled “How to Work with Note Spacing in Dorico”… □ This article is a transcription of one of the excellent tutorial videos posted to the official Dorico YouTube channel.
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