NOTATIO

There's a minor update for Dorico, released today. As usual, it's mainly tidying up matters arising from the big 5.1 update, but it also includes some nice new features: Custom Page size editor Harp Pedal 'switches' for creating diagrams Coloured Accidentals, to show cautionaries and manual changes....

Well, that's me told! I shall do nothing.

In that instance, yes; but there are lots of other bars with nothing but black notes, and adding another notehead would disrupt the spacing and be just as confusing, in my opinion, as others have found my alternatives!

I'll just leave it to everyone to put their own pencil mark on them.

Anders Hedelin wrote: ↑11 Jan 2024, 19:57 What's the problem?

Singers!

Yes, but as said, in a closely packed texture, I think that's going to add clutter and confusion. It's a beautiful piece of German Romanticism, but the notation is absolutely bonkers. 5 flats, but riddled with sharps, seemingly to make intervals more obvious, rather than 'vertical' harmonic reasons....

Bracketing the note often means to tacet or "ghost" it, so I wouldn't be inclined to use that. Gould shows a bracketed cue-sized stemless notehead on page 437 if you like that style. Yes, that's the usual convention, but as said, adding little noteheads everywhere is going to confuse just...

I'm working on a (choral) piece that has a huge number of enharmonic changes, such as: Screenshot.png They are occur frequently throughout the score, and the music is quite closely spaced. There are lyrics below, and a lot of dynamics above. I'm wondering how I might indicate the enharmonic changes ...

Does it do cut-away scores?

Dorico 5.1 has just been release, with a massive slew of new functions and fixes. Of note to the engravers here (particularly John R): Fixes to issues with Divisi/Unison at system end New option for fingering positioning Slur adjustment More options for Cues, Instrument Changes Additional Engraving ...

Yes - I only use it for legacy files that I haven't transferred to Dorico. But I'm still interested in how/whether it develops. And I have a soft spot for Garritan/ARIA.