User manual

PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, start note input.
2. Select the appropriate secondary voice by pressing V until the voice direction indicator
shows the correct voice.
Alternatively, if you want to input bar rests into a new voice, press Shift-V until the voice
direction indicator shows the correct voice.
3. Press Shift-B to open the bars and barlines popover.
4. Enter rest into the popover to add a bar rest.
5. Press Return to close the popover.
6. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Right Arrow to advance the caret to the start of the next bar after the bar
rest.
7. Optional: If you want to show bar rests in multiple bars for the selected voice, repeat steps 3
to 6 as many times as required.
RESULT
Bar rests are input into the selected voice at the caret position. If the caret position is within a bar
that contains notes for the selected voice, these notes are replaced by the bar rest.
NOTE
Alternatively, you can click Insert Bar Rest in the Insert Bar Rest section of the Bars and
Barlines panel to input bar rests during note input.
RELATED LINKS
Bars on page 491
Rests on page 773
Bars and barlines popover on page 223
Inputting notes into multiple voices on page 171
Caret on page 159
Hiding/Showing bar rests in empty bars on page 777
Inputting ties
Dorico SE automatically creates ties as required for note durations in each meter. However, you
can input ties manually to join two notes of the same pitch, both during note input and by joining
two existing notes with a tie.
For example, if you want to input a tie between two quarter notes across a barline, you can input
a half note at the rhythmic position where you want to input the rst quarter note. Dorico SE
automatically splits the half note into two quarter notes, one on each side of the barline, and
joins them with a tie.
NOTE
These steps do not apply to inputting ties between non-adjacent notes or notes in different
voices, for example, between two notes of the same pitch on different staves, or between a grace
note and a normal note.
PREREQUISITE
If you want to preserve the durations of existing notes, you have forced their duration. For
example, if you want to specify subdivisions within a tie chain that are different than the
prevailing meter.
Write mode
Note input
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