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NOTE

Kit instruments in player cards in the Players panel in Setup mode are colored green, whereas

individual percussion instruments not part of percussion kits are colored the same light blue as

all other instruments.

Percussion kits and drum sets

A percussion kit is a collection of unpitched percussion instruments that are played by a single

player. Drum sets are a particular type of percussion kit that are often used in pop and rock

music.

NOTE

In this documentation, we use “percussion kit” to refer to both percussion kits and drum sets.

In Dorico Elements, you can present percussion kits in different ways, including as a ve-line staff

and as a grid. If you want percussion kits to behave as drum sets, you can dene them as drum

sets.

You can create percussion kits in Setup mode. You can combine existing unpitched percussion

instruments into kits and add empty kits to players, to which you can then add unpitched

percussion instruments. You can also import existing kits you have previously exported and

saved.

You can move percussion instruments between players without affecting any music already

added to that instrument.

NOTE

If the instrument you want to move is combined into a percussion kit, you must rst remove the

instrument from the kit before you can move it to another player.

You can change individual percussion instruments like any other instrument. However, you can

only change unpitched percussion instruments to other unpitched percussion instruments, and

you can only change the percussion instruments in kits within the

Edit Percussion Kit dialog.