User manual

Changing the voice of existing notes on page 258
Creating cross-staff beams on page 406
Changing the stem direction of notes on page 691
Stem direction on page 688
Rhythm dot consolidation
Rhythm dot consolidation controls how many rhythm dots appear at the same rhythmic position
in multiple-voice contexts. Depending on the number of notes and voices present, and their
positions on the staff, different numbers of rhythm dots can be required to appear, and in
different positions.
In the Rhythm Dots section of the Notes page in Engrave > Engraving Options, you can choose
how rhythm dots in multiple voices are consolidated project-wide. There are separate options for
the consolidation of rhythm dots generally and on unison notes in particular.
Rhythm dot consolidation
Notes of any duration have
rhythm dots consolidated
Only notes of the same duration
have rhythm dots consolidated
No rhythm dot consolidation
Rhythm dot consolidation on unison notes
One rhythm dot shown per
notehead in unisons
Rhythm dots shown for each
notehead for unisons on lines, but
only one shown per unison in
spaces
Only one rhythm dot shown per
unison
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You can also change how rhythm dots in multiple voices are consolidated individually.
RELATED LINKS
Project-wide engraving options for notes on page 495
Changing the consolidation of rhythm dots on page 512
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 Elements 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.
Voices
Rhythm dot consolidation
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