Tutorials

Tip: Show the Tempo Editor in Write mode

When Link mode is engaged, selecting a tempo item in the score opens the Tempo Editor.
This allows you to make subtle edits to the playback performance without having to show those edits as tempo markings in the score.
Select a note to switch back to the Expression and CC lanes.

Sometimes you may need to use different staff labels in your score than the default instrument names. For example, you may wish to label a multi-instrument percussion staff simply as ‘Percussion’. Or, in dramatical pieces, you may wish to identify character parts rather than using Soprano, Mezzo-soprano and so on.
In Setup mode, give your players the names you wish to identify them with in the music.
In Layout Options, choose Staves and Systems and check the relevant players to show their player names instead of instrument names.

It is possible to edit the playback of dynamic markings.
The Dynamic Editor is found in the lower zone, as part of the Key Editor.
The editor shows the profile of dynamic markings using green envelopes.
Drag the handles to change the intensity and duration of dynamic markings.
This affects the playback of dynamics.

1. Make a selection in an instrumental part and choose Write > Create Numbered Bar Region.
2. You can drag the handles at the start and end of the region to edit its position and length.
3. There are several Engraving Options to determine the style of numbered bar regions.

Dorico 4 allows you to save any project as a template.
Add your desired instruments and add any useful flows.
Set your preferred options, and make changes to styles and page templates.
You can even apply a playback template.
Choose File > Save As Project Template, and the template will now be available in the Hub for you to use again and again.

1. Start lyric input by pressing the Lyrics button on the Notations toolbar, or with the key command Shift+L.
2. Type Shift+Alt+SPACE to prevent the popover from advancing.
3. Use the Lyric text alignment property to left-align the text.

1. If, when making a complex selection, you make a mistake, you can undo the latest change and carry on.
2. Selections can be both undone and redone.
3. This can be extremely useful when making complex or detailed selections and a mistake is made.

Dorico 4 features sketch instruments for composing and arranging.
In the Hub, choose the Empty project template, setting any desired project options.
Chose Add Ensemble to add multiple instruments at once.
There are sketch instruments for woodwind, brass and strings, all of which are grand staff instruments with relevant HSSE sound presets.
Once you are ready, it is easy to use Dorico’s editing features to fully orchestrate your ideas.

Make a selection of music that contains the articulations you wish to copy.
Right-click (or open the Edit menu) and choose Copy.
Select the passage that you wish to paste the articulations to (it can be just the first note). If you make a selection longer than the original music the articulations will repeat, perfect for ostinato passages.
Right-click and choose Paste > Paste Articulations (you may wish to use the Jump Bar to quickly find the command: press J and start typing Paste Articulations).
All articulations and slurs in the original selection that was copied will be pasted across the selected music.