God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

This year’s Christmas publication is God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, one of the oldest carols of the English tradition, in two versions: for string quartet and for cello quartet. The source for this edition has been the choral part found in Christmas Carols New & Old, edited by John Stainer (1840–1901) and firstly published byContinue reading “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”

How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 7)

Dorico for iPad For the last episode of this series, we are going to give a look at how to create and manage tuplets in Dorico for iPad, at the moment of writing in version 1.2.2.1022. I am going to use the subscription version, so it is possible that some tool may not be availableContinue reading “How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 7)”

How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 6)

Today we are going to look at some of the finest details you can edit in Dorico’s tuplets. As we saw last time, Dorico has a comprehensive set of engraving options to look at that should satisfy every user’s need. There are times, though, when you want or need more and that is where theContinue reading “How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 6)”

How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 5)

Welcome back for this fifth episode of my new series, where I navigate you everything you need to know about how Dorico handles tuplets. I will not make the mistake to say this will be the last episode again because, well, it is not. Today we will be looking at one aspect that makes DoricoContinue reading “How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 5)”

How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 4)

Welcome back and thank you for following this tutorial series! In this fourth episode, we will be diving deeper into Dorico’s way of handling tuplets, hopefully showing you something useful. Moving tuplets rhythmically If you have ever used Sibelius, you know that by pressing Cmd-Option-Left/Right arrow (that’s Ctrl-Alt-Left/Right arrow on PC) you can move anyContinue reading “How to create tuplets in Dorico (part 4)”