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Changing how altered unisons appear
You can change how individual altered unisons appear, including within chords containing other
altered unisons. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and
frame chains.
PREREQUISITE
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the altered unison notes whose appearance you want to change.
2.
In the Properties panel, activate Split stem in the Notes and Rests group.
3.
Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.
RESULT
The selected altered unison notes are shown with split stems when the checkbox is activated,
and with single stems when the checkbox is deactivated. If the property scope was set to Locally,
this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.
TIP
Split stem applies to individual notes. You can have altered unisons appear differently within the
same chord by setting their properties independently.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the property scope on page 149
Copying property settings to other layouts/frame chains on page 395
Microtonal accidentals
Microtonal accidentals indicate pitches beyond the standard accepted chromatic scale in Western
tonality, such as a quarter sharp or quarter at. Microtonal accidentals are only shown in Dorico
Elements if you open a project that already contains them. They are available for input only
where the corresponding key signature and tonality system apply.
Accidental duration rules
Accidental duration rules determine how long accidentals apply, such as within a bar, at a
different octave, or just for a single note. Dorico Elements uses the common practice accidental
duration rule.
Common practice
In common practice, an accidental affects all notes of the same pitch in the same octave within
the same bar, unless it is cancelled by another accidental. If it is not cancelled, it is automatically
cancelled in the following bar.
It is customary to show cautionary accidentals on subsequent notes in certain circumstances. For
example, in the key of G major, an F♯ in a bar following an F♮ shows a cautionary sharp sign,
even though the sharp is included in the key signature.
Cautionary accidentals are also known as
“courtesy accidentals”.
Accidentals
Microtonal accidentals
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12