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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 Elements.
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.
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
Creating cross-staff beams on page 583
Moving notes to other staves on page 353
Changing the voice of existing notes on page 353
Stem direction on page 921
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.
NOTE
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Because you can change notes in slash voices to normal voices and vice versa, the pitches
you input are retained.
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Notes in slash voices are not played back.
Voices
Notes crossed to staves with existing notes in other voices
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12