Changing the voice of existing notes

You can change the voice of notes after they have been input. For example, you can change notes in an up-stem voice to a down-stem voice.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the notes whose voice you want to change.
    Tip

    You can use large selections and filters to select many notes in the same voice quickly.

  2. Choose Edit > Voices > Change Voice and select an existing voice, or a new voice if there is only one voice on the staff. You can also choose this option from the context menu.

Result

The voice of the selected notes is changed.

Note

As a result of changing the voice, Dorico might automatically change the stem directions of the selected notes and other notes on the staff, and add implicit rests to ensure correct notation based on convention.

You can later hide implicit rests and change the stem direction of notes manually.