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Inputting time signatures with the popover
You can input time signatures, including time signatures with pick-up bars, using the time
signatures popover, both during note input and by adding them to existing music.
You can also
input time signatures only on single staves.
NOTE
● In order to input an upbeat or pick-up bar, you must input a new time signature that
includes the upbeat you want. For example, entering 4/4,1 into the time signatures popover
creates a 4/4 time signature with one quarter note upbeat.
The number after the comma indicates multiples of the rhythmic unit specied by the
denominator of the time signature. For example, 4/4,0.75 creates a dotted eighth note
(dotted quaver) upbeat, whereas 6/8,2 creates an upbeat of two eighth notes.
●
Dorico SE does not automatically add beats to ll bars according to the new time signature
unless Insert mode is activated.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
●
Start note input.
● Select an item at the rhythmic position where you want to input a time signature. If you
want to input a time signature on a single staff, select an item that belongs to that staff
only.
2. Optional: If you want to input time signatures onto multiple specic staves at once, extend
the caret to those staves.
3. Optional: If you want Dorico SE to add beats at the end of the region affected by the new
time signature if required, press
I to activate Insert mode.
4. Press Shift-M to open the time signatures popover.
5. Enter the time signature you want into the popover.
For example, enter [2+2+3]/8 for a 7/8 time signature with a custom beat grouping, or 4/4,1
for a 4/4 time signature with one quarter note upbeat.
6. Input the time signature and close the popover in one of the following ways:
● To input a time signature on all staves, press Return .
● To input a time signature only on the selected staff or staves across which the caret
extends, press Alt/Opt-Return .
RESULT
During note input, time signatures are added at the caret position, even if this is in the middle of
an existing bar.
When adding time signatures to existing music, they are added at the rhythmic position of the
earliest selected item. They appear to the right of barlines, key signatures, and clefs, and to the
left of other items, even if this is in the middle of an existing bar. If you selected an existing time
signature, the new time signature directly replaces the existing one.
All subsequent bars follow the input time signature, until the next existing time signature or the
end of the ow, whichever comes rst. Dorico SE automatically inputs and moves barlines as
required so that subsequent music is barred correctly.
RELATED LINKS
Time signatures on page 841
Time signatures popover on page 211
Extending the caret to multiple staves on page 163
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico SE 3.1.10