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RESULT
The duration of the selected notes is changed.
Forcing the duration of notes/rests
Dorico Elements automatically notates and beams notes/rests appropriately, according to the
current time signature and their position in the bar. If you want to specify how the durations of
notes/rests are notated, you can force their duration.
For example, if you input a half note at the start of a 6/8 bar, it is notated as a dotted quarter
note (crotchet) tied to an eighth note (quaver). This is because, according to convention, 6/8 bars
are subdivided into two groups of three eighth notes. To reect this for a half note (four eighth
notes), Dorico Elements automatically divides the note to show the correct grouping.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, start note input.
2. Optional: If you want to force the duration of rests, select Rests in any of the following
ways:
●
Press , (comma).
●
Click Rests in the Notes toolbox.
3. Activate Force Duration in any of the following ways:
● Press O.
● Click Force Duration in the Notes toolbox.
4. Select the duration you want.
5. Input the notes or rests you want.
6. Optional: Deactivate Force Duration.
RESULT
Any notes you input are notated with their whole rhythmic value, whatever their position in the
bar. If you move them later, they keep the same notation. Rests are input as explicit rests.
NOTE
Notes that cross barlines are notated as tied notes.
You can change how notes are grouped in different contexts project-wide on the Note Grouping
page in Write > Notation Options.
TIP
Force position and duration in the Notes and Rests group of the Properties panel is activated
automatically for rests input with forced durations.
You can also use this property to force the duration and positions of rests.
Write mode
Note input
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