Tutorials

Tip: Instrument filters in Dorico 4

To quickly input a passage of dotted rhythms, input the music using straight rhythms. This can be quicker than having to constantly change the note duration.
Select the passage that you want to be dotted.
Tap the dotted notes button. Dorico will automatically dot every second note, resulting in a dotted rhythmic passage.
This also works for double dotted notes and so on.

Show the Key Editor in the Write mode lower zone, and enable the Draw tool to input notes.
Tap to input notes. Hold and drag to enter notes with different durations.
Drag notes up and down to change their pitch, and drag the end of a note to change its duration.
Change the grid resolution to allow shorter durations.
Select multiple notes with the Marquee tool.
Drag to move position and pitch.
Use the Erase tool to remove selected notes.

With the toggle set to palettes the buttons open panels containing palettes of different notations.
With an active selection, tap a music item to add it to the score.
Switch the toggle to the keyboard to enable popovers.
Tap a notation category, and type what you need into the popover.

To input into a new voice, press the new button on the Notes toolbox.
Now you have a second voice, the button switches between voices.
The stem direction of the caret note indicates the nominal stem direction of the voice.
If you need a third voice on a staff, long press to access the New Voice button.
Use the key command V to switch between voices, and Shift+V to create a new voice.

The Key Editor is now available in Write mode.
Make a selection in the notation and the Key Editor updates to show it.
Edits to the notation are reflected in the Key Editor and vice versa.
Switch the Key Editor to Played Durations to modify playback without affecting the notation.
Tap the velocity lane to make edits to velocity.

1. Make a selection on an untuned percussion staff to show drum pads.
2. Enable note input and tap the pads to input notes.
3. Click the Reorder Drum Pads button and move pads to your preferred positions.
4. Add a space to achieve a specific layout.