User manual

Time signature styles on page 956
Changing the separator style of interchangeable time signatures on page 958
Inputting pick-up bars with the panel on page 227
Inputting barlines with the panel on page 242
Inputting notes in Insert mode on page 178
Inputting pick-up bars with the popover
You can input pick-up bars as part of time signatures using the time signatures popover, both
during note input and by adding them to existing music.
You can also input time signatures with
pick-up bars only on single staves.
NOTE
Dorico Elements does not automatically add beats to ll bars according to the new time
signature at the end of the affected region unless Insert mode is activated.
PROCEDURE
1.
In Write mode, do one of the following:
● Start note input.
● Select an item at the rhythmic position where you want to input a pick-up bar. If you
want to input a pick-up bar on a single staff, select an item that belongs to that staff
only.
2. Optional: If you want to input a pick-up bar onto multiple specic staves at once, extend the
caret to those staves.
3. Optional: If you want Dorico Elements to add beats at the end of the region affected by the
pick-up bar if required, press I to activate Insert mode.
4. Press Shift-M to open the time signatures popover.
5. Enter the time signature and the number of pick-up beats you want into the popover.
For example, enter 3/4,0.75 for a 3/4 time signature with a dotted eighth note (dotted
quaver) upbeat or
4/4,1 for a 4/4 time signature with one quarter note upbeat. The number
after the comma indicates multiples of the rhythmic unit specied by the denominator of the
time signature.
6. Input the pick-up bar and close the popover in one of the following ways:
● To input a pick-up bar on all staves, press Return .
● To input a pick-up bar only on the selected staff or staves across which the caret
extends, press Alt/Opt-Return .
RESULT
During note input, pick-up bars are added at the caret position as part of the specied time
signature, even if this is in the middle of an existing bar.
When adding pick-up bars to existing music, they are added at the rhythmic position of the
earliest selected item as part of the
specied time signature. They appear to the right of barlines,
key signatures, and clefs, and to the left of other items, even if this is in the middle of an existing
bar. If you selected an existing time signature, the new time signature with pick-up bar directly
replaces the existing one.
All subsequent bars follow the input time signature, until the next existing time signature or the
end of the ow, whichever comes rst. Dorico Elements automatically inputs and moves barlines
as required so that subsequent music is barred correctly.
Write mode
Notations input
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