User manual

Two piano staves, each with notes in a single up-
stem voice.
When the notes in the upper staff are crossed to the
lower staff, the stem direction of the notes already in
the lower staff changes so they point upwards.
You can change the stem direction of the notes originally in the lower staff in any of the following
ways:
●
Select the notes originally in the lower staff and change their voice to another voice, such as
a down-stem voice.
●
Select the notes originally in the lower staff and change their stem direction.
Alternatively, you can move the notes in the upper staff permanently to the lower staff.
RELATED LINKS
Moving notes to other staves on page 319
Changing the voice of existing notes on page 320
Creating cross-staff beams on page 518
Changing the stem direction of notes on page 816
Stem direction on page 814
Slash voices
Slash voices allow you to notate specic rhythms for rhythm slashes. They behave similarly to
normal voices as you must input notes and rhythms manually, but all notes in slash voices are
positioned by default on the middle line of the staff, regardless of the pitches you input.
If you later change the time signature, such as from 3/4 to 6/8, Dorico SE only changes the note
grouping to t the meter just like for other notes; it does not change the presentation of rhythm
in slash voices like it does for slash regions.
NOTE
● Because you can change notes in slash voices to normal voices and vice versa, the pitches
you input are retained.
● Notes in slash voices are not played back.
You can have multiple slash voices active at the same time. To accommodate all slash voices in
multiple-voice contexts, Dorico SE changes their staff position automatically. However, you can
also change the staff position of rhythm slashes manually.
You can use slash regions and slash voices in the same project and at the same rhythmic
positions, for example, you can input a slash region where you do not want to be specic about
the rhythm, then input notes in a slash voice for a single bar where you want to specify an exact
rhythm.
RELATED LINKS
Rhythm slashes on page 764
Slash regions on page 764
Slashes in multiple-voice contexts on page 766
Voices
Slash voices
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Dorico SE 3.1.10