musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Amalgamation of duration dots for unisons in different voices should be optional
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Since Jul 16, 2026.
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Description
Your idea
Currently duration dots for unisons in different voices amalgamate, and it is not possible to draw a dot for each of the voices. Notice in the attached video that the Duration dot position property does not do anything for the downstem voice when in unison with the upstem voice.
This could be added as an option in Style, e.g. Combine duration dots for unisons in different voices. @avvvvve ?
Problem to be solved
Desired notation, with one dot for each of the unison notes:
Current behaviour:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/73fe1b87-4870-4b5d-8f84-6d94789559f7
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