Respell Notes Automatically dialog

The Respell Notes Automatically dialog allows you to simplify the note spelling of all notes in specific selections based on the musical context, including respelling some notes upwards and other notes downwards.

  • You can open the Respell Notes Automatically dialog in Write mode when at least one note is selected in the music area by choosing Write > Respell > Respell Notes Automatically.

Respell Notes Automatically dialog

The Respell Notes Automatically dialog contains the following options:

Additional context at start

Allows you to specify additional musical context before the selected notes that you want Dorico Pro to consider when calculating automatic note spellings.

  • None: Only notes in the selection.

  • To start of bar: Includes notes back to the start of the earliest selected bar.

  • Previous bar: Includes notes back to the start of the previous bar.

  • Previous notes: Includes a specified number of notes before the selection.

  • Number of additional notes: Allows you to specify the number of additional notes you want to consider. Only available if you have activated Previous notes.

Additional context at end

Allows you to specify additional musical context after the selected notes that you want Dorico Pro to consider when calculating automatic note spellings.

  • None: Only notes in the selection.

  • To end of bar: Includes notes up to the end of the last selected bar.

  • Next bar: Includes notes up to the end of the next bar.

  • Following notes: Includes a specified number of notes after the selection.

  • Number of additional notes: Allows you to specify the number of additional notes you want to consider. Only available if you have activated Following notes.

Prefer accidentals used most in this flow

Allows you to specify whether to choose accidentals based on how frequently they are used in the flow or the default accidental for the corresponding pitch delta. Useful in tonality systems that contain multiple accidentals with the same pitch delta.

Preserve accidentals on unchanged pitches

Allows you to specify whether existing accidentals on notes that are not respelled are retained or chosen according to your setting for Prefer accidentals used most in this flow. Useful in tonality systems that contain multiple accidentals with the same pitch delta.