Tutorials – Dorico

Tip: Use sketch instruments when composing or arranging

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.

You can easily respell notes automatically to better fit the musical context.
Make a selection which contains the notes that need respelling.
Choose Write > Respell > Respell Notes Automatically… and press OK.

In Engrave mode, select an item in the bar you wish to move.
Move the bar to the next system, or the previous system.
You can use key commands to move bars to the next system (period), or the previous system (comma).
You can move multiple bars at once, including across frames and pages.

1. It’s easy to add a music symbol to text.
2. In a text frame, right-click and choose Insert Music Text…
3. You can browse categories of symbols, or search for the one you need.
4. You can also add music symbols to staff- or system-attached text.