Steinberg Dorico Pro 2 Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Lillie Harris, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schütte, Marita Sladek

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8 Introduction

8 Platform-Independent Documentation 8 Usage of musical terms 9 Conventions 11 How you can reach us

12 First steps

12 Getting around 20 Starting a new project 23 Writing music

28 Dorico Pro concepts

28 Design philosophy 29 Key musical concepts

32 User interface

32 Hub 36 Windows 49 Setting up your workspace 55 Preferences dialog

62 Setup mode

62 Project window in Setup mode 70 Project Info dialog 71 Layout Options dialog 73 Players 81 Ensembles 82 Instruments 96 Player groups 98 Flows 101 Layouts 106 Videos

112 Write mode

112 Project window in Write mode 119 Introduction to inputting and editing 129 Notation Options dialog 131 Note input 163 Notations input 259 Arranging tools 265 Splitting ows

267 Engrave mode

267 Project window in Engrave mode 276 Engraving Options dialog 278 Master pages 291 Frames 311 Page layouts 323 Text formatting 336 Note spacing 347 Staff spacing

353 Play mode

353 Project window in Play mode 358 Playback Options dialog

359 Event display 367 Tracks 384 Playhead 385 Playing back music 390 Swing playback 395 Mixer 397 Transport window 399 Endpoints 403 Expression maps 411 Percussion maps 418 Played vs. notated note durations

421 Print mode

421 Project window in Print mode 425 Printing layouts 427 Exporting layouts as graphic les 430 Printers 430 Page arrangements for printing/exporting 433 Duplex printing 434 Handling page sizes and paper sizes 435 Graphics le formats 436 Annotations

437 Notation reference

438 Introduction

439 Accidentals

439 Changing accidentals 439 Deleting accidentals 440 Showing accidentals in parentheses 441 Project-wide engraving options for accidentals 441 Altered unisons 442 Microtonal accidentals 444 Accidental duration rules

451 Articulations

452 Copying articulations 452 Changing articulations 452 Deleting articulations 453 Project-wide engraving options for

articulations

453 Positions of articulations 457 Articulations in playback

458 Bars

458 Deleting bars 460 Changes to the length of bars 460 Changing the width of empty bars 461 Splits in bars 462 Combining bars

463 Barlines

465 Deleting barlines 465 Barline spacing

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467 Changing the barline shown at key signature

changes

467 Barlines across staff groups 468 Project-wide engraving options for barlines 469 Per-ow notation options for barlines

471 Bar numbers

471 Appearance of bar numbers 478 Bar numbers in parts 479 Hiding/Showing bar number ranges on multi-

bar rests

479 Positions of bar numbers 483 Bar number changes 485 Subordinate bar numbers 487 Bar numbers and repeats

491 Beaming

491 Beaming notes together manually 492 Changing the direction of partial beams 493 Beam groups 495 Beam placement relative to the staff 496 Beam slants 497 Centered beams 499 Creating cross-staff beams 502 Beam corners 502 Secondary beams 503 Tuplets within beams 504 Stemlets 505 Fanned beams

507 Note and rest grouping

507 Conventions for beam grouping according to

meter

508 Creating custom beat groupings for meters

509 Brackets and braces

510 Brackets according to ensemble type 511 Project-wide engraving options for brackets

and braces

512 Secondary brackets

514 Chord symbols

514 Chord components 514 Project-wide engraving options for chord

symbols

515 Chord symbol appearance presets 523 Changing existing chord symbols 524 Transposing chord symbols 524 Hiding/Showing chord symbols 525 Hiding/Showing the root and quality of chord

symbols

525 Positions of chord symbols 528 Changing the enharmonic spelling of chord

symbols

529 Chord symbols imported from MusicXML

530 Clefs

531 General placement conventions for clefs 531 Project-wide spacing gaps for clefs 533 Deleting clefs 534 Default size of clef changes 534 Changing the position of clefs relative to grace

notes

534 Transposing clefs

536 Octave lines

537 Project-wide engraving options for octave lines 537 Lengthening/Shortening octave lines

538 Positions of octave lines 541 Deleting octave lines 542 Octave lines in Engrave mode 543 Tucking index properties

545 Cues

545 General placement and notation conventions

for cues

546 Rhythmic cues 548 Changing the octave of cues 549 Hiding/Showing octave transpositions in cue

labels

549 Moving cues 550 Lengthening/Shortening cues 551 Deleting cues 551 Project-wide engraving options for cues 552 Individual changes to the content of cues 552 Cue labels 555 Notations in cues 557 Hiding/Showing cues in layouts 558 Stem direction in cues 559 Ties in cues 559 Rests in cues 561 Clef changes in cues 562 Viewing options for cues

564 Dynamics

564 Types of dynamics 565 General placement conventions for dynamics 566 Project-wide engraving options for dynamics 567 Showing dynamics in parentheses 567 Erasing the background of dynamics 568 Copying dynamics 569 Deleting dynamics 569 Voice-specic dynamics 570 Niente hairpins 571 Expressive text 572 Gradual dynamics 579 Placement of dynamics 580 Positions of dynamics 583 Groups of dynamics 585 Dynamics linked across multiple staves 586 Dynamics font styles 588 Playback Options for dynamics

590 Fingering

590 General placement conventions for ngering 590 Project-wide engraving options for ngerings 591 Changing ngerings to substitution ngerings 592 Changing existing ngerings 592 Moving ngerings graphically 595 Changing the size of ngerings 595 Showing enclosures/underlines on ngerings 596 Hiding/Showing ngering 596 Deleting ngerings 597 Fingering font styles 599 Cautionary ngerings 600 Fingerings for valved brass instruments 601 Hiding/Showing ngering shifts for string

instruments

602 Fingerings imported from MusicXML les

603 Front matter

604 Project information used in default master

pages

604 Adding dedications in master pages

Table of Contents

605 Adding player lists 606 Changing the text in running headers in

master pages

607 Individual changes to the formatting of pages 607 Changing the default horizontal alignment of

different text styles project-wide

608 Changing the vertical alignment of text in text

frames

609 Grace notes

610 General placement conventions for grace

notes

611 Project-wide changes to the position of grace

notes

612 Grace note size 612 Grace note slashes 614 Grace note stems 615 Grace note beams

616 Holds and pauses

616 Types of holds and pauses 618 General placement conventions for holds and

pauses

619 Project-wide engraving options for holds and

pauses

620 Changing the appearance/duration of existing

holds and pauses

621 Positions of holds and pauses

625 Key signatures

625 General placement conventions for key

signatures

627 Types of key signatures 628 Tonality systems 637 Deleting key signatures 638 Multiple simultaneous key signatures 638 Positions of key signatures 641 Project-wide engraving options for key

signatures

641 Transposing key signatures alongside

selections

642 Enharmonic equivalent key signatures 643 Cautionary key signatures

644 Lyrics

644 General placement conventions for lyrics 645 Filters for lyrics 646 Types of lyrics 647 Types of syllables in lyrics 648 Changing the text of existing lyrics 649 Positions of lyrics 652 Lyric hyphens and lyric extender lines 655 Deleting lyric lines 655 Lyric line numbers 659 Changing the font styles used for lyrics 660 Verse numbers 661 East Asian elision slurs 662 Project-wide engraving options for lyrics

663 Notes

663 Project-wide engraving options for notes 665 Notehead sets 678 Changing the size of notes 679 Moving notes rhythmically 680 Changing the width of ledger lines 680 Changing the consolidation of rhythm dots

681 Specifying on which string individual notes are

played

682 Deleting notes

683 Ornaments

683 General placement conventions for ornaments 684 Project-wide engraving options for ornaments 684 Changing the intervals of ornaments 686 Changing the speed of trills 686 Lengthening/Shortening trills rhythmically 687 Hiding/Showing trill extension lines 688 Positions of ornaments

691 Arpeggio signs

692 General placement conventions for arpeggio

signs

692 Changing the type of arpeggio signs 693 Changing the end appearance of arpeggio

signs

693 Length of arpeggio signs 695 Positions of arpeggio signs 697 Project-wide engraving options for arpeggio

signs

697 Arpeggios in playback

700 Glissando lines

700 General placement conventions for glissando

lines

701 Glissando lines across empty bars 701 Changing the style of glissando lines 702 Changing glissando line text 703 Moving glissando lines graphically 704 Changing the default angles of glissando lines

project-wide

705 Project-wide engraving options for glissando

lines

706 Jazz articulations

707 Jazz ornaments 708 Project-wide engraving options for jazz

articulations

708 Moving jazz articulations graphically 710 Changing the type/length of existing jazz

articulations

710 Changing the line style of smooth jazz

articulations

711 Deleting jazz articulations

712 Page numbers

713 Moving page numbers in master pages 713 Page number paragraph styles 714 Changing the page number numeral style 715 Hiding/Showing page numbers

718 Pedal lines

719 General placement conventions for pedal lines 719 Sustain pedal retakes and pedal level changes 726 Positions of pedal lines 729 Lengthening/Shortening pedal lines 730 Project-wide engraving options for pedal lines 730 Pedal line start signs, hooks, and continuation

lines

735 Pedal line start, continuation, and restorative

text

737 Pedal lines in playback 737 Pedal lines imported from MusicXML les

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738 Playing techniques

738 General placement conventions for playing

techniques

739 Project-wide engraving options for playing

techniques

739 Positions of playing techniques 741 Adding text to playing techniques 742 Erasing the background of text playing

techniques

743 Hiding/Showing playing techniques 744 Custom playing techniques 752 Playing techniques in playback

753 Rehearsal marks

753 General placement conventions for rehearsal

marks

754 Positions of rehearsal marks 756 Deleting rehearsal marks 756 Changing the order of rehearsal marks 757 Changing the rehearsal mark sequence type 758 Adding prexes/suxes to rehearsal marks 758 Project-wide engraving options for rehearsal

marks

761 Changing the rehearsal mark font style

762 Markers

762 Project-wide engraving options for markers 763 Changing the vertical position of markers 764 Changing the text shown in markers 764 Changing the marker/timecode font styles 765 Moving markers rhythmically 766 Changing the timecodes of markers 766 Dening markers as important 767 Hiding/Showing markers 767 Deleting markers

768 Timecodes

769 Changing the initial timecode value 769 Showing timecodes on a separate staff 770 Hiding/Showing timecodes in markers 771 Changing the timecode frequency

772 Repeat endings

772 Changing the total number of playthroughs in

repeat endings

773 Project-wide engraving options for repeat

endings

774 Lengthening/Shortening segments in repeat

endings

775 Positions of repeat endings 777 Deleting repeat endings 777 Changing the text shown in repeat endings 778 Changing the appearance of individual nal

repeat ending segments

779 Lengthening/Shortening repeat ending hooks 779 Repeat endings in MusicXML les

780 Bar repeats

781 Project-wide engraving options for bar repeats 781 Changing the length of the repeated phrase in

bar repeat regions

782 Moving bar repeat regions 782 Lengthening/Shortening bar repeat regions 783 Hiding/Showing bar repeat region highlights 783 Bar repeat counts 787 Bar repeat grouping

790 Rhythm slashes

790 Slash regions 791 Project-wide engraving options for rhythm

slashes

792 Slashes in multiple-voice contexts 794 Splitting slash regions 795 Moving slash regions 795 Lengthening/Shortening slash regions 796 Hiding/Showing stems in slash regions 796 Slash region counts

801 Rests

801 General placement conventions for rests 802 Implicit vs. explicit rests 804 Per-ow notation options for rests 804 Project-wide engraving options for rests 805 Showing rest colors 806 Deleting rests 807 Hiding/Showing bar rests in empty bars 807 Hiding/Showing multi-bar rests 808 Moving rests vertically

810 Slurs

811 General placement conventions for slurs 815 Project-wide engraving options for slurs 815 Cross-staff and cross-voice slurs 816 Nested slurs 818 Moving slurs rhythmically 818 Lengthening/Shortening slurs 819 Linked slurs across multiple staves 820 Slur segments 822 Slurs in Engrave mode 826 Short slurs that cover large pitch ranges 827 Slur height 829 Slur shoulder offset 830 Slur curvature direction 832 Slur styles 834 Slur collision avoidance 835 Slurs over system and frame breaks 835 Slurs in playback

837 Staff labels

838 Instrument names in staff labels 839 Staff label paragraph styles 839 Project-wide engraving options for staff labels 841 Changing the length of staff labels project-

wide

843 Changing the length of staff labels at specic

positions

844 Instrument transpositions in staff labels 846 Staff labels for percussion kits

848 Staves

848 Project-wide layout options for staves 850 Staff size 854 Changing the thickness of staff lines 855 Deleting staves 856 Extra staves 860 Ossia staves 867 System objects 868 System indents

870 Divisi

871 Change Divisi dialog 873 Inputting divisi changes 874 Editing existing divisi changes

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874 Moving divisi changes 875 Ending divisi passages 875 Unison ranges 877 Divisi on vocal staves 878 Divisi staff labels 881 Divisi in playback

882 Stems

882 Stem direction 887 Project-wide engraving options for stems 887 Stem length 888 Hiding stems 889 Split stems for altered unisons

890 Tempo marks

891 Types of tempo marks 891 General placement conventions for tempo

marks

892 Text in tempo marks 894 Positions of tempo marks 896 Lengthening/Shortening gradual tempo

changes

897 Hiding/Showing tempo marks 897 Deleting tempo marks 898 Project-wide engraving options for tempo

marks

898 Tempo mark components 900 Metronome marks 902 Gradual tempo changes

906 Ties

906 General placement conventions for ties 908 Tie chains 908 Ties vs. slurs 909 Non-standard ties 912 Deleting ties 912 Splitting tie chains 913 Project-wide engraving options for ties 913 Changing the position/shape of ties 914 Tie shoulder offset 916 Tie height 917 Tie styles 920 Tie curvature direction

922 Time signatures

923 General conventions for time signatures 923 Project-wide engraving options for time

signatures

924 Project-wide spacing gaps for time signatures 924 Types of time signatures 927 Large time signatures 929 Time signature styles 933 Positions of time signatures 936 Hiding/Showing time signatures 937 Deleting time signatures 937 Time signature font styles

939 Tremolos

940 Tremolos in tie chains 941 General placement conventions for tremolos 942 Changing the speed of tremolos 942 Deleting tremolos 943 Rhythmic positions of notes with tremolos 943 Moving tremolo strokes 944 Project-wide engraving options for tremolos 945 Tremolos in playback

947 Tuplets

947 General placement conventions for tuplets 948 Nested tuplets 949 Notations on tuplet notes 949 Turning existing notes into tuplets 950 Turning tuplets into normal notes 950 Moving tuplets rhythmically 951 Deleting tuplets 952 Tuplet beams 952 Tuplet brackets 956 Tuplet numbers/ratios 958 Project-wide engraving options for tuplets

959 Unpitched percussion

959 Percussion kits vs. individual percussion

instruments

960 Percussion kits 961 Project-wide engraving options for unpitched

percussion

962 Per-ow notation options for unpitched

percussion

962 Changing the playing techniques of notes on

percussion kit staves

963 Showing notes in percussion instruments as

ghost notes

963 Moving notes to different instruments in

percussion kits

964 Notations on notes in percussion kits 965 Percussion kit presentation types 967 Playing techniques for unpitched percussion

instruments

971 Percussion legends 975 Voices in percussion kits 977 Unpitched percussion in Play mode 978 Universal Indian Drum Notation

979 Voices

979 Note positions in multiple-voice contexts 980 Per-ow notation options for voices 981 Showing voice colors 981 Deleting unused voices 982 Swapping the order of voices 983 Notes crossed to staves with existing notes in

other voices

984 Rhythm dot consolidation 985 Slash voices

987 Glossary

997 Index

Introduction

Thank you very much for purchasing Dorico Pro.

We are delighted that you have chosen Steinberg's scoring application and hope that you will enjoy using it for years to come.

Dorico Pro is a next-generation application for producing beautiful sheet music, whether you are a composer, arranger, music engraver, publisher, instrumentalist, teacher, or student. Whether you want to print your music or share it in a digital format, Dorico Pro is the most sophisticated program available.

Like all of Steinberg's products, Dorico Pro has been designed from the ground up by a team of musicians who understand your needs and who are dedicated to producing a tool that is both easy to learn and use, but also capable of results of the highest quality. Dorico Pro also integrates with your existing workow and can import and export les in a variety of formats.

Dorico Pro thinks about music the same way a human musician does and has a deeper understanding of the elements of music and musical performance than other scoring applications. Its unique design allows an unprecedented degree of exibility, in music input and editing, in score layout, in rhythmic freedom, and many other areas besides.

Most sincerely yours,

Your Steinberg Dorico Pro Team

Platform-Independent Documentation

The documentation applies to the operating systems Windows and macOS.

Features and settings that are specic to one of these platforms are clearly indicated. In all other cases, the descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for Windows and macOS.

Some points to consider:

● The screenshots are taken from Windows.

● Some functions that are available on the File menu on Windows can be found in the program name menu on macOS.

Usage of musical terms

This documentation uses American terminology for musical items throughout the documentation.

The following table lists all the notes and notations that have different names in American and British English:

Introduction Conventions

American Name British Name

Double whole note Breve

Whole note Semibreve

Half note Minim

Quarter note Crotchet

Eighth note Quaver

Sixteenth note Semiquaver

Thirty-second note Demisemiquaver

Sixty-fourth note Hemidemisemiquaver

Hundred twenty-eighth note Semihemidemisemiquaver

Two hundred fty-sixth note Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Staff Stave

Bar/Measure

NOTE

This documentation only uses “bar”.

Conventions

In our documentation, we use typographical and markup elements to structure information.

Typographical Elements

The following typographical elements mark the following purposes.

Prerequisite

Requires you to complete an action or to fulll a condition before starting a procedure.

Procedure

Lists the steps that you must take to achieve a specic result.

Bar

Important

Informs you about issues that might affect the system, the connected hardware, or that might bring a risk of data loss.

Note

Informs you about issues that you should consider.

Example

Provides you with an example.

Introduction Conventions

Markup

Result

Shows the result of the procedure.

After Completing This Task

Informs you about actions or tasks that you can perform after completing the procedure.

Key Commands

Many of the default key commands, also known as keyboard shortcuts, use modier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system.

Many of the default key commands use modier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system. When key commands with modier keys are described in this manual, they are indicated with the Windows modier key rst, followed by the macOS modier key and the key.

EXAMPLE

Ctrl/Cmd-Z means: press Ctrl on Windows or Cmd on macOS, then press Z.

Key commands in Dorico Pro

The default key commands in Dorico Pro depend on your keyboard layout.

If you move the mouse over a tool or a function, the information in brackets shows the key command that is used to activate or deactivate a tool or a function.

You can also do one of the following:

● Choose Help > Key Commands to open the Dorico Key Commands window, which provides an overview of all available key commands.

● Search for key commands of specic functions or menu items in the Preferences dialog. In this dialog, you can also assign new key commands or change default key commands.

Introduction How you can reach us

RELATED LINKS

Interactive Dorico Pro key commands map on page 57 Searching for the key commands of functions on page 58 Preferences dialog on page 55 Key Commands page in the Preferences dialog on page 56 Assigning key commands on page 59

How you can reach us

On the Help menu you nd items linking to additional information.

The menu contains links to various Steinberg web pages. Selecting one of these menu items automatically launches your web browser and opens the page. On these pages, you can nd support and compatibility information, answers to frequently asked questions, information about updates and other Steinberg products, and so on.

This requires that you have a web browser installed on your computer and a working Internet connection.

First steps

This chapter helps you to get started with Dorico Pro.

When you start Dorico Pro for the rst time, we recommend that you open one of the templates rst to have a look at the user interface and the functions that Dorico Pro provides before you start your own projects. You are welcome to skip this part and explore the program for yourself.

The following sections inform you about the following topics:

● Overview of the most important workspaces

● Setting up a new project

● Writing your music and adding notation items to your score

● Laying out and formatting pages

● Playing back what you created

● Printing and exporting

Getting around

The following sections give you an overview of the user interface and introduce you to how Dorico Pro is structured.

Opening a template

Before you start your own project, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the user interface of Dorico Pro. To prepare for this, open one of the templates that are provided with the program.

PREREQUISITE

You have started Dorico Pro. The Hub is open.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Hub, select one of the listed template groups. For example, select the Choral and Vocal templates.

2. Select one of the listed templates.

First steps Getting around

3. Click New from Template.

RESULT

The template opens.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Proceed to the following sections that provide a quick overview of the user interface and that introduce you to the main functions of the program.

RELATED LINKS

Hub on page 32

Quick tour of the user interface

The user interface of Dorico Pro consists of different modes that represent different phases in the workow of preparing a score.

The user interface has a structure that is the same in each of the application’s modes. There is always a large area for editing your music in the center of the project window. In every mode, there are collapsible panels on the left, right, and bottom of the project window, depending on which mode you are using. The contents of these panels change according to the selected mode.

When you open the template, the rst view shows the project window in Write mode:

The project window when you open a template

The project window contains the following areas:

Toolbar

The toolbar is located at the top of the project window.

First steps Getting around

Toolbar

On the left side of the toolbar, the modes are displayed. By activating a mode, you change the workspace and the available panels. The active mode is highlighted in a different color. In the middle of the toolbar, layout options allow you to switch between the different layouts in your project and to show/hide panels and tabs.

On the right side of the toolbar, you can open a Mixer and use basic transport controls that, among other functions, allow you to play back and record your music.

Show Mixer button

Music area

The music area is the main part of the project window in Setup, Write, and Engrave modes where you set up, input, edit and format your music. In Play mode, this area is called event display, in which every note is displayed as an event. In Print mode, this area is called print preview area, which shows a preview of what is going to be printed or exported as a graphic.

The music area in Write mode after starting a new project from a choral template

The music area displays the scores or the instrumental parts that you create. Above the music area you can activate several layouts in tabs and switch between them. Layouts in Dorico Pro allow you to show different presentations of your music. If you have a full score with different instrumental parts, such as a violin part and a bassoon part, you can switch between that full score layout and the layouts of each part. To save space on the screen or to focus on a specic layout, you can hide the tabs.

Toolboxes

Toolboxes are the columns on the left and right edges of the project window. They contain different tools and options according to the current mode, but in general their purpose is to provide tools that allow you to input and modify notes, notation items, and frames, and to determine which options are shown in their corresponding panels.

First steps Getting around

Notes toolbox in Write mode

Notations toolbox in Write mode

Panels

Dorico Pro provides panels with various functions in all modes. When you open the template, there is a panel on the left of the music area. This is the Notes panel in Write mode. It contains all the durations, accidentals, slurs, and articulations that are most commonly used when inputting notes.

Notes panel in Write mode

First steps Getting around

Status Bar

At the bottom of the project window, a status bar allows you to select different views and page arrangements for the music area. It contains different options in different modes.

Status bar

RELATED LINKS

Functions of the modes on page 16 User interface on page 32 Mixer on page 395 Transport window on page 397

Functions of the modes

Modes represent different phases in the workow of preparing a score.

By switching to another mode, you change the workspace and the available panels.

Setup Mode

In Setup mode, you can create players and groups of players, and assign instruments to them. You can dene different layouts for your project that you can print or export independently. For example, you can print or export a layout for the full score and separate layouts for each instrumental part.

You can switch to Setup mode in any of the following ways:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-1.

● Click Setup in the toolbar.

● Choose Window > Setup.

Write Mode

In Write mode, you can input your music. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.

You can switch to Write mode in any of the following ways:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-2.

● Click Write in the toolbar.

● Choose Window > Write.

Engrave Mode

In Engrave mode, you can make ne adjustments to the music that you input in Write mode and determine how the pages of your project are laid out.

You can switch to Engrave mode in any of the following ways:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-3.

● Click Engrave in the toolbar.

● Choose Window > Engrave.

Play Mode

In Play mode, you can assign virtual instruments and effects for playback to instruments and playing techniques. You can make adjustments to how individual notes are played back in order to produce a more realistic performance.

First steps Getting around

You can switch to Play mode in any of the following ways:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-4.

● Click Play in the toolbar.

● Choose Window > Play.

Print Mode

In Print mode, you can print your layouts or export them as graphic les.

You can switch to Print mode in any of the following ways:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-5.

● Click Print in the toolbar.

● Choose Window > Print.

RELATED LINKS

Setup mode on page 62 Write mode on page 112 Engrave mode on page 267 Print mode on page 421 Play mode on page 353

Hiding/Showing panels

You can hide/show individual or multiple panels. This is useful if you want to see more of the music area, for example.

PROCEDURE

● Hide individual panels or all panels in the following ways:

● To hide/show the left panel:

Press Ctrl/Cmd-7.

Click the disclosure arrow on the left edge of the main window.

Choose Window > Show Left Panel.

● To hide/show the right panel:

Press Ctrl/Cmd-9.

Click the disclosure arrow on the right edge of the main window.

Choose Window > Show Right Panel.

● To hide/show the bottom panel:

Press Ctrl/Cmd-8.

Click the disclosure arrow at the bottom of the main window.

Choose Window > Show Bottom Panel.

To hide/show all panels:

●

Press Ctrl/Cmd-0.

Click Hide/Restore Panels.

Choose Window > Hide/Restore Panels.

RESULT

The corresponding panels are hidden/shown. Panels are hidden when no tick is shown beside the corresponding panel in the menu, and shown when a tick is shown in the menu.

First steps Getting around

If you hide all active panels, the Hide/Restore Panels button in the toolbar changes its look and indicates which panels were active but are now hidden.

EXAMPLE

Appearance when panels are shown

Working with tabs and windows

Dorico Pro enables you to set up your workspace according to your working style.

Dorico Pro allows you to open multiple tabs to display multiple layouts in the same project within the same window. You can also open the same project in several windows.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up your workspace on page 49

Opening a new tab

You can open a new tab to display a different view or layout within the same project window.

Each tab can contain a separate layout or a different view of a layout already open in another tab or window. Whenever you open a new tab, you are prompted to select a layout that you want to display in the tab.

You can nd tabs in the tab bar, located at the top of the music area, below the toolbar. If you do not see any tabs, click Show Tabs in the toolbar.

Appearance when all panels were previously shown but are now all hidden

PROCEDURE

● To open a new tab, do one of the following:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-T.

● At the right end of the tab bar, click New Tab.

● Choose Window > New Tab.

RESULT

A new tab opens that shows several icons at the top and a list of layouts at the bottom.

First steps Getting around

Options available in the music area when you open a new tab

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

You can click one of the icons or select a layout from the list at the bottom. Alternatively, you can click Select Layout in the toolbar and choose one of the layouts from the menu. The layout that you choose opens in the active tab.

RELATED LINKS

Tab bar on page 40

Opening a new window

You can open another window for the same project.

This can be useful if you want to see and work on multiple layouts at the same time. You can also open multiple project windows to show different modes of the same project.

PROCEDURE

● Open a new project window in any of the following ways:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-T.

● Choose Window > New Window.

RESULT

A duplicate of the window opens. It contains the same tabs and the same view options as the original window.

RELATED LINKS

Opening multiple project windows on page 53

First steps Starting a new project

Starting a new project

After getting a rst impression of the Dorico Pro user interface you can get started with inputting your own music. In this section, you learn how to set up a new project.

PREREQUISITE

NOTE

All inputs that are made and the images that are used to accompany the steps in this chapter are intended merely to be helpful examples. Therefore, there is no need to make the exact same entries in order to get the depicted results.

Close the template without saving. The Hub reopens.

PROCEDURE

● Start a new project in any of the following ways:

●

Press Ctrl/Cmd-N.

●

Click New Empty Project.

RESULT

A new project window opens.

Whenever you start a new project without selecting a specic project template, Setup mode is activated. This allows you to specify players and assign instruments right from the start. The area in the middle, the project start area, which becomes the music area once you have added a player, allows you to start your project with different types of players. On the right, the Layouts panel shows a Full score entry. This entry is available in every new project. At the bottom of the window is the Flows panel where you can specify separate spans of music for your project.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Start your project by adding an individual player or by adding a section player and assign an instrument. You are free to assign any kind of instrument. In this chapter, only one piano player is added as an example.

First steps Starting a new project

RELATED LINKS

Windows on page 36 Flows in Dorico Pro on page 30

Adding a solo player

In this section, you learn how to add a player and assign an instrument.

PREREQUISITE

You have started a new project. You are in Setup mode.

PROCEDURE

1. Click Add Solo Player.

The instrument picker opens.

TIP

You can also open the instrument picker at any time by clicking the plus symbol to the right of the added empty-handed player.

Alternatively, you can right-click the player and choose Add Instrument to Player from the context menu.

2. Select a piano in the instrument picker in any of the following ways:

● Enter piano into the search box.

● Start entering the instrument name you want, then select it from the ltered list.

● Click an instrument family and then an instrument.

● Press Up Arrow/Down Arrow to select an instrument family, then press Tab to

switch to the instrument column. Press Up Arrow/Down Arrow to select an instrument.

TIP

● An enclosure line shows which instrument family or instrument is selected when using the keyboard to navigate.

● Press Shift-Tab to switch back to the previous column in the instrument picker.

3. Click Add.

RESULT

You have added your rst player. In the music area, the required piano staves including their respective clefs are displayed.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Save your project.

NOTE

You can save your project at any time.

First steps Starting a new project

Optionally, you can now edit the project title or add more players.

The following sections help you to create ows and layouts. If you want to start composing, you can skip those sections.

RELATED LINKS

Writing music on page 23 Adding solo/section players on page 74

Creating a ow

Flows are separate spans of music within your project, for example, movements or songs. In this section, you learn how to create a ow.

PREREQUISITE

You have added at least one player. You are in Setup mode.

PROCEDURE

● In Setup mode, click Add Flow in the Flows panel at the bottom of the window.

RESULT

A new ow is added to your project each time you click Add Flow. All existing players are assigned to new ows, and new ows are automatically added to all existing full score and part layouts.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Rename the ow if required.

Optionally, deactivate the checkboxes of the players that you want to exclude from the ow in the Players panel.

Optionally, deactivate the checkboxes of the layouts from which you want to exclude the ow in the Layouts panel.

RELATED LINKS

Flows on page 98 Renaming ows in Setup mode on page 100 Adding ows on page 99 Creating a layout on page 22

Creating a layout

Layouts dene how music for one or more players in one or more ows is presented, including page size, margins, staff size, and so on. In this section, you learn how to create a new layout.

PREREQUISITE

You have added at least one player and one ow. You are in Setup mode.

Several layouts are often used in ensembles with multiple players, where each player may require a layout of the individual instrumental part. Dorico Pro automatically creates a full score layout that contains all players and all ows as well as individual part layouts that each contain one player and all ows. If you require a different combination of players and ows, for example, a part containing the music for two players, you can create your own layouts, as follows:

PROCEDURE

● In the Layouts panel, click Add Instrumental Part Layout.

First steps Writing music

RESULT

An empty part is created on the Layouts panel.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Double-click the empty part to give it a name. Optionally, select the ows that you want to assign to the layout in the Flows panel. Activate the checkboxes of the players that you want to assign to the layout in the Players panel.

RELATED LINKS

Creating layouts on page 102

Writing music

Once you have set up your project, you can start writing music.

In Write mode, you can input notes and insert other notations into your score.

TIP

Throughout Dorico Pro, most tasks can be accomplished using only your computer's keyboard. You do not need to use the mouse or touchpad. Learning key commands allows you to use Dorico Pro most eciently. The fastest way to input music is using a MIDI keyboard. If you do not have a MIDI keyboard, you can use your computer's keyboard. Of course, you can still use the mouse or touchpad if you want.

In the following sections, you learn how to input notes and notation items.

Inputting your rst notes

In this section, you learn how to input notes. You can start inputting notes without having to rst add a time signature or key signature.

PREREQUISITE

● You have set up your MIDI keyboard.

NOTE

If you have not set up a MIDI keyboard yet, you can start inputting notes with the computer keyboard.

● You have added a piano player in Setup mode.

● You are in Write mode.

PROCEDURE

1. Select the rest that was automatically inserted next to the clef when you added a solo player.

First steps Writing music

2. Start note input in any of the following ways:

● Select the staff where you want to input notes and press Shift-N or Return.

● Select the staff where you want to input notes and choose Write > Note Input.

● Double-click the staff where you want to input notes.

The caret is displayed.

3. In the Notes panel, click a duration.

NOTE

By default, Dorico Pro selects a quarter note (crotchet) for you.

4. Start playing notes on the MIDI keyboard, or press A, B, C, D, E, F, G on the computer keyboard to input the corresponding pitches.

If you want higher or lower pitch for the note that Dorico Pro inputs for you, you can force a different register.

● To input a note above the previously input note, press Shift-Alt as well as the letter

for the note.

● To input a note below the previously input note, press Ctrl (macOS) or Ctrl-Alt

(Windows) as well as the letter for the note.

NOTE

You must press Ctrl on Mac, not Cmd.

RESULT

The pitches you enter or play in are input as notes.

EXAMPLE

Input notes with the caret still active after the nal note

RELATED LINKS

Write mode on page 112 Register selection during step input on page 136 Key commands in Dorico Pro on page 10

First steps Writing music

Adding a time signature on page 25

Adding a time signature

In this section, you learn how to add a time signature at the beginning of the staff. You can add a time signature before or after inputting a melody.

PREREQUISITE

Press Esc to deactivate the caret.

PROCEDURE

1. Select the rst note on the staff.

2. Press Shift-M.

The time signatures popover opens above the staff.

3. Enter a typical time signature into the popover, such as 3/4.

4. Press Return to close the popover.

RESULT

The time signature is automatically input to the left of the note, and the required bar lines are automatically inserted at the correct positions. If you want to insert a key signature, proceed to the next section.

RELATED LINKS

Adding a key signature on page 25

Adding a key signature

In this section, you learn how to add a key signature. You can add a key signature at any rhythmic position on the staff.

When you start a new project from scratch, by default, there is no key signature shown. Depending on the kind of music you are writing, the key signature might be taken to mean C major or an open key with no specic tonal center.

You can change the key anywhere on the staff. To add a different key signature at the beginning of the staff, for example, D major, proceed as follows:

PROCEDURE

1. Select the rst note on the staff.

First steps Writing music

2. Press Shift-K.

This opens the key signatures popover on top of the staff.

3. Enter a key signature into the popover. If you want to enter D major, enter an uppercase D.

For D minor, enter a lowercase d.

4. Press Return.

RESULT

The key signature is inserted between the clef and the time signature. Dorico Pro automatically adds accidentals where necessary.

Inputting your rst chord

In this section, you learn how to input a chord with the computer keyboard, using chord mode. If you want to use a MIDI keyboard instead, you can input the chord with your keyboard, and you do not need to use chord mode. Dorico Pro automatically inputs the correct notes.

PREREQUISITE

Select the last note or rest on the staff, and press Return. This shows the caret.

PROCEDURE

1. Activate Chords in any of the following ways:

● Press Q.

In the Notes toolbox, click Chords.

●

The caret shows a plus sign at the top.

2. Optional: In the Notes panel, select a duration.

First steps Writing music

3. Input the notes that you want in your chord by pressing keys from A to G, one after the other. For example, for a C major chord, press C, E, and G.

By default, Dorico Pro adds each new note above the previous note. You can select the register of notes manually.

The example shows a possible result.

4. Press Space to advance the caret to the next note position and continue with the next chord.

Dorico Pro expects further chord input until you deactivate it.

5. Optional: To deactivate chord input, press Q or deactivate Chords.

RELATED LINKS

Key commands in Dorico Pro on page 10 Register selection during step input on page 136

Dorico Pro concepts

The following sections give you an overview of the design philosophy as well as concepts on which Dorico Pro is based.

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with these concepts as these are often returned to throughout the documentation.

Design philosophy

If you are experienced with other scoring applications and are interested in learning more about deep design considerations for scoring programs, you may nd the following discussion illuminating, but everybody can safely skip it.

Dorico Pro has a forward-thinking design that is led by musical concepts rather than computational convenience, and this provides many benets.

Higher-level concepts

In most graphically-orientated scoring applications, the highest-level concept is the staff or the instrument denition that creates a staff or staves. When setting up your full score, you start by adding the correct number of staves, and you are immediately forced into making decisions about the layout. This means that you must know in advance whether two utes share a staff or have their own individual staves, or whether there should be two trumpets or three. Many of these decisions have signicant effects throughout the process of inputting, editing, and producing individual instrumental parts.

Typically, every system of a score must contain the same number of staves, even if some are hidden on particular systems. This requires the user to manage common conventions for themselves, such as multiple players of the same instrument sharing staves. This can be timeconsuming and is naturally error-prone.

Dorico Pro is designed to conform more closely to how music is performed in the real world and to make the score a exible expression of the practical choices that go into a musical performance, rather than to make the musical performance subservient to the way the score was initially prepared.

To that end, the highest-level concept of Dorico Pro is the group of human musicians that performs a score. A score can be written for one or more groups, for example, a double choir or an orchestra plus off-stage chamber ensemble, and so on. Each group includes one or more players which correspond to the humans who play one or more instruments. Players may either be individuals who can play more than one instrument, for example, an oboist doubling cor anglais, or groups in which everyone plays only one instrument, for example, eight desks of violinists.

The actual music that is played by the group in your score belongs to one or more ows. A ow is any span of music that stands alone, for example, a whole song, a movement of a sonata or symphony, a number in a musical show, or even a short scale or exercise. Players might or might not have any music to play in a given ow. For example, all the brass players might be omitted from the slow movement of a classical symphony, or certain players might have nothing to do in

Dorico Pro concepts Key musical concepts

some cues in a movie score. This is no problem as you can combine players in ows in any combination.

Dorico Pro provides several benets. Chief among them is its ability to produce different score layouts that share the same musical content. For example, in the same project you can create a full score with each player's music on separate staves, a custom score layout containing just the piano and vocal staves, and an instrumental part for each player that only contains the music belonging to them.

One crucial difference between Dorico Pro and other scoring applications is that the musical content exists independently of the score layout in which it is viewed.

Key musical concepts

In order to work eciently with Dorico Pro, it is important to understand the conceptual model of the program.

The model is closely based on the practical considerations of how music is written and performed by real humans.

RELATED LINKS

Projects in Dorico Pro on page 29 Modes in Dorico Pro on page 29 Instruments in Dorico Pro on page 30 Players in Dorico Pro on page 30 Groups in Dorico Pro on page 30 Flows in Dorico Pro on page 30 Layouts in Dorico Pro on page 31

Projects in Dorico Pro

A project is an individual document that you create within Dorico Pro. It can contain multiple separate pieces of music, from very short to very long, written for any combination of instruments and using different layouts.

Modes in Dorico Pro

Modes represent different phases in the workow of preparing a score.

Dorico Pro contains the following modes:

Setup

In this mode, you can set up the players and instruments that are played in the project. You can create and manage ows and set up layouts.

Write

In this mode, you can write your music. You can insert notes and rests, key signatures, time signatures, and idiomatic notations.

Engrave

In this mode, you have access to ne-grain controls that allow you to manipulate and modify every item in the project. You can also manage pages, master pages, layouts, and formats.

Play

In this mode, you can set up your project for playback. You can assign VST instruments, adjust the mix, and change the sounding duration of notes in playback without affecting their notated duration.

Dorico Pro concepts Key musical concepts

In this mode, you can dene different print jobs, such as printing full conductors scores, study scores, individual parts, and so on. For every print job, you can specify options for page size and duplex printing. You can also manage other output, such as exports to various le types, such as PNG.

Instruments in Dorico Pro

In Dorico Pro, an instrument is an individual musical instrument, such as a piano, a ute, or a violin.

Dorico Pro has a database of information about properties of each instrument. These include the playable range, common and uncommon playing techniques, notational conventions, transposition properties, tunings, clef, number of staves, type of staff, and so on.

RELATED LINKS

Instruments on page 82

Players in Dorico Pro

In Dorico Pro, a player can represent an individual musician or several musicians.

● Solo players are individual musicians who can play one or more instruments, for example, a clarinettist who doubles on alto saxophone or a percussionist who plays bass drum, clash cymbals, and triangle.

● Section players represent multiple musicians who all play the same instrument, for example, a violin section player can represent eight desks of musicians, or a soprano section player can represent the whole soprano section in a mixed voice choir.

NOTE

Section players cannot double instruments, but they can play divisi. This means that they can be divided into smaller units, which is commonly required for strings.

Groups in Dorico Pro

A group represents a collection of musicians that are considered together, such as a choir, orchestra, or a chamber ensemble.

In a typical project, there might be only one group that contains all of the dened players, but you can dene as many groups as required to allow easy separation of forces in larger-scale works. It might also be necessary to assign players to these groups for the purposes of, among other things, properly bracketing and labelling their staves in the conductor's score.

EXAMPLE

A work for double choir and organ can dene the two choirs as separate groups. This allows each choir to have its own label in addition to the labels for each sectional player (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) within the choir.

In a complex work, such as Elliott Carter's “A Symphony of Three Orchestras”, each of the orchestras can be dened as a separate group.

Flows in Dorico Pro

Flows are separate spans of music that are completely independent in musical content, for example, a song, a movement in a sonata or symphony, a number in a stage musical, or a short

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