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Player name

Given to players in the Players panel. It is not used in the score, instead you can use

the player name as part of your own workow, independently of what instruments

and players are called in staff labels and layout names.

Player names are automatically generated when you add instruments.

Layout name

The name for each layout in the Layouts panel. They are used at the top of individual

part layouts.

Layout names are automatically generated when you add instruments, and are

linked to the player name until you change the layout name.

Instrument names

Used in staff labels. This means that the instrument label on each staff is relevant to

the instrument currently being played by that player, rather than listing all

instruments that player is playing in the ow.

For example, if a clarinettist is doubling bass clarinet, the staff label where the player

plays clarinet automatically shows Clarinet, and the staff label automatically shows

Bass Clarinet where the player plays bass clarinet.

All instruments in Dorico Elements come with a set of instrument names that you can

change.

You can change the instrument names for individual instruments independently,

even if other players in the project are playing the same instrument.

You can save your changes to instrument names as default, so your names are used

whenever you add that instrument again in the project.

NOTE

Changing the default instruments names does not change the instrument names of

existing instruments of that type in your project.