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further options that allow you to, for example, change the instrument names or move the
instrument to another player.
The action bar at the bottom of the panel contains the following options:
Add Solo Player
Adds an individual player to your project. Dorico Elements also automatically adds a
part layout for the player to the Layouts panel.
Add Section Player
Adds a player to your project that represents multiple players who all play the same
instrument.
Dorico Elements also automatically adds a part layout for the player to the
Layouts panel.
Add Ensemble
Adds multiple players to your project that represent standard combinations of musical
instruments. Dorico Elements also automatically adds part layouts for each player in
the ensemble to the
Layouts panel.
Add Group
Adds a group to your project to which you can assign all types of players.
Delete Player
Deletes selected players or groups from the project. When you delete a player, a
warning message appears that allows you to delete only the player but leave their part
layouts in the project, delete both the player and their part layouts, or cancel.
The order in which the players are listed in the panel is the default order in which they appear in
layouts. You can change the player order for each layout individually in the Players section of the
Players page in Setup > Layout Options.
RELATED LINKS
Players on page 94
Layouts panel (Setup mode) on page 85
Layout Options dialog on page 90
Instrument picker
The instrument picker allows you to nd and add instruments and ensembles to your project.
It contains multiple versions of some instruments that have specic formatting and tuning
requirements, such as French Horn, which has a version whose part layouts are always in treble
clef.
You can open the instrument picker in Setup mode in any of the following ways:
Click the plus symbol in solo player cards in the Players panel.
Select a player in the Players panel and press Shift-I .
Right-click a player in the Players panel and choose Add Instrument to Player.
Setup mode
Project window in Setup mode
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