Types of barlines
There are multiple types of barlines in Dorico SE, which can all be input, moved, and deleted in the same ways.
- Normal (Single)
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A standard single barline that spans the entire height of the staff. For single-line staves, the barline extends one space above and below the staff line by default.
Explicit single barlines appear with time signature signposts.
- Double
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A double barline consists of two lines, both the width of a single barline, positioned half a space apart by default. It is often used to denote significant changes in the music, or to mark the placement of rehearsal marks, key signature changes, and tempo changes.
- Final
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A final barline consists of two lines: one of normal width, the other thick. It marks where the music ends.
- Start repeat
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A start repeat line consists of a thick barline, followed by a normal barline, followed by one of the following arrangements of dots:
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Two dots, one each in the middle two spaces of a five-line staff
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Four dots, one each in all four spaces of a five-line staff
It shows the start of a repeated section. It is used alongside end repeat lines, which show the end of a repeated section.
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- End repeat
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An end repeat line is the mirror of a start repeat line, so it consists of either two or four dots, followed by a normal barline, followed by a thick barline. It shows the end of a repeated section. It is used alongside start repeat lines, which show the start of a repeated section.
- End/Start repeat
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This line combines the start repeat and end repeat barlines, with either two single barlines with a single shared thick barline in the middle, or two thick barlines and no single barlines. On either side, there are either two or four repeat dots. It is used when a repeated section is immediately followed by another, separate repeated section.