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RESULT
The voice order of the selected notes is changed.
NOTE
If you swap the contents of these notes again, their positions might not appear as expected as
this does not revert their voice order.
EXAMPLE
Interlocking notes in opposing voices positioned
notehead to notehead.
Interlocking notes in opposing voices positioned
stem to stem.
RELATED LINKS
Stem direction on page 814
Implicit rests in multiple-voice contexts on page 775
Voice column index
The voice column index is used to determine the positions of notes when multiple columns are
needed, for example, when notes are in multiple voices and cannot be placed directly above each
other vertically, and instead must partially overlap.
The Voice column index property in the Notes and Rests group of the Properties panel is
automatically activated when you swap the order of voices manually.
NOTE
This property is available in Engrave mode in Dorico Pro only.
Notes crossed to staves with existing notes in other voices
When you create cross-staff beams by crossing notes to staves that already contain notes, the
stem direction of the existing notes may change. This is due to how multiple voices at the same
rhythmic position are handled in
Dorico SE.
For example, if a piano part contains notes in up-stem voices on both staves, the stem direction
of notes in both voices can change if notes from the upper staff are crossed to the lower staff. In
this situation, the notes from the two staves are not combined, but are instead treated as two up-
stem voices in a multiple-voice context.
Voices
Notes crossed to staves with existing notes in other voices
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