User manual

Starting new projects from project templates on page 55
Switching to galley/page view on page 42
Playback templates on page 473
Instrument changes on page 102
Player, layout, and instrument names on page 129
Changing instrument names on page 131
Adding empty percussion kits to players
You can add empty percussion kits to players, to which you can then add unpitched percussion
instruments.
PROCEDURE
1.
In the Players panel, open the Edit Percussion Kit dialog in any of the following ways:
● Select a solo or section player, press Shift-I , and click Create Empty Kit in the
instrument picker.
● Click the plus symbol to the right of the added empty-handed player and click Create
Empty Kit in the instrument picker.
● Right-click a player and choose Create Empty Kit from the context menu.
2. Add the percussion instruments you want to the kit in the Edit Percussion Kit dialog.
RELATED LINKS
Players panel on page 81
Percussion kits vs. individual percussion instruments on page 978
Edit Percussion Kit dialog on page 109
Instrument picker on page 83
Percussion kit presentation types on page 983
Combining individual percussion instruments into kits
If a player is holding one or more individual percussion instruments, you can combine them into
a percussion kit.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Players panel, right-click the card of the player whose percussion instruments you
want to combine into a kit and choose
Combine Instruments into Kit from the context
menu.
2.
Edit the kit in the Edit Percussion Kit dialog that opens.
For example, you can change the order in which the instruments appear in a grid or on a
ve-line staff.
RESULT
A new kit is created containing all the instruments held by the player.
NOTE
If the player was already holding one or more kit instruments, all individual instruments and any
other kits are combined into the rst kit.
Setup mode
Instruments
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12