User manual

such as PDF or PNG, and the information you want to include in their exported le
names.
RELATED LINKS
Setup mode on page 80
Write mode on page 143
Print mode on page 518
Play mode on page 412
Flows in Dorico
Flows are separate spans of music that are completely independent in musical content, for
example, a single song in an album, a movement in a sonata or symphony, a number in a stage
musical, or a short scale or sight-reading exercise of only a few bars in length. A single project
can contain any number of
ows.
Each ow can contain music for any combination of players, independently of other ows. For
example, brass players are often tacet in the second movements of Classical-period symphonies,
so you can remove brass players from the
ow for the second movement but leave them in the
ows for other movements. In a set of cues for a movie, for example, specic players might not
be required in some cues, so the corresponding ows can contain only those players who have
anything to play.
The correct assignment of players to ows allows Dorico Elements, for example, to generate
tacet sheets automatically for individual instrumental parts.
RELATED LINKS
Players, layouts, and ows on page 93
Flows on page 122
Tacets on page 389
Flow headings on page 364
Players in Dorico
In Dorico Elements, a player can represent an individual musician or multiple musicians in the
same section. Players hold instruments, so you must add at least one player to your project
before you can add instruments.
● A solo player represents a single person who can play one or more instruments. For
example, a clarinettist who doubles on alto saxophone or a percussionist who plays bass
drum, clash cymbals, and triangle.
● A section player represents multiple people who all play the same instrument. For example,
a violin section player might represent all eight desks of the Violin I section in an orchestra,
or a soprano section player might represent the whole soprano section in a mixed voice
choir.
NOTE
Section players cannot double instruments, but they can play divisi. This means that they can
be divided into smaller units, which is commonly required for strings.
By using the concept of players, Dorico Elements makes it much easier to handle, for example,
instrument changes, divisi, and condensing music for multiple players onto a smaller number of
staves.
Dorico concepts
Design philosophy and higher-level concepts
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