Steinberg Dorico Pro 3 User guide

Operation Manual

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Lillie Harris, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer,

Benjamin Schütte, Marita Sladek

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9 New features

12 Introduction

12 Platform-independent documentation

12 Usage of musical terms

13 Conventions

15 How you can reach us

16 First steps

16 Getting around

24 Starting a new project

26 Writing music

31 Dorico concepts

31 Design philosophy and higher-level concepts

38 User interface

38 Windows

49 Workspace setup

55 Preferences dialog

62 Project and le handling

62 Hub

66 Projects from different versions of Dorico

67 Missing Fonts dialog

68 File import and export

83 Auto-save

85 Project backups

87 Setup mode

87 Project window in Setup mode

95 Project Info dialog

98 Layout Options dialog

100 Players, layouts, and ows

101 Player, layout, and instrument names

106 Players

109 Ensembles

110 Instruments

127 Player groups

130 Flows

133 Layouts

138 Videos

144 Write mode

144 Project window in Write mode

152 Notation Options dialog

154 Note Input Options dialog

156 Inputting vs. editing

157 Rhythmic grid

158 Note input

194 MIDI recording

200 Notations input

298 Editing and selecting

309 Navigation

312 Signposts

314 Arranging tools

320 Splitting ows

321 Comments

327 Engrave mode

327 Project window in Engrave mode

336 Engraving Options dialog

338 Master pages

355 Flow headings

359 Frames

381 Text formatting

396 Music symbols

399 Note spacing

411 Page formatting

412 Changing page margins

413 Changing the page size and orientation

414 Changing the default staff size

414 Changing the default staff/system spacing

415 Changing the vertical justication of staves/

systems

416 Hiding/Showing empty staves

417 Inserting pages

418 Deleting pages

419 Starting layouts on left-hand pages

419 Allowing/Disallowing multiple ows on the

same page

420 Changing when the First master page is used

421 Hiding/Showing ow headings

421 Changing the margins above/below ow

headings

422 Hiding/Showing information in running

headers above ow headings

423 Changing the default music frame margins

424 Changing the padding in music frames

individually

424 Changing the justication of nal systems

425 Enabling/Disabling condensing

426 Casting off

427 Staff size

431 Staff spacing

438 Frame breaks

440 System breaks

443 Tacets

446 Condensing

458 Part formatting propagation

462 Play mode

462 Project window in Play mode

468 Playback Options dialog

469 Event display

476 Tracks

493 Playhead

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494 Playing back music

499 Swing playback

506 Mixer

508 Transport window

510 Playback templates

518 Endpoints

524 Expression maps

535 Percussion maps

541 Played vs. notated note durations

544 Print mode

544 Project window in Print mode

548 Printing layouts

551 Exporting layouts as graphic les

555 Printers

556 Page arrangements for printing/exporting

557 Duplex printing

558 Page sizes and paper sizes

560 Graphics le formats

561 Annotations

563 Notation reference

564 Introduction

565 Accidentals

565 Deleting accidentals

566 Hiding/Showing or parenthesizing accidentals

567 Project-wide engraving options for accidentals

567 Stacking of accidentals

569 Altered unisons

570 Microtonal accidentals

571 Accidental duration rules

575 Articulations

576 Copying articulations

576 Changing articulations

576 Deleting articulations

577 Project-wide engraving options for

articulations

577 Positions of articulations

581 Articulations in playback

582 Bars

582 Deleting bars/beats

584 Changes to the length of bars

584 Changing the width of empty bars

585 Splits in bars

586 Combining bars

587 Barlines

589 Project-wide engraving options for barlines

589 Per-ow notation options for barlines

590 Changing the barline shown at key signature

changes

591 Deleting barlines

591 Barline spacing

592 Barlines across staff groups

597 Bar numbers

597 Hiding/Showing bar numbers

598 Hiding/Showing bar number enclosures

601 Hiding/Showing bar number ranges on multi-

bar rests

602 Hiding/Showing guide bar numbers

602 Bar number paragraph styles

604 Positions of bar numbers

608 Project-wide engraving options for bar

numbers

608 Bar number changes

610 Subordinate bar numbers

611 Bar numbers and repeats

615 Beaming

615 Beaming notes together manually

616 Changing the direction of partial beams

617 Beam groups

618 Beam placement relative to the staff

619 Beam slants

621 Centered beams

622 Creating cross-staff beams

626 Beam corners

626 Secondary beams

627 Tuplets within beams

628 Stemlets

629 Fanned beams

631 Note and rest grouping

632 Conventions for beam grouping according to

meter

632 Creating custom beat groupings for meters

634 Brackets and braces

635 Secondary brackets

636 Sub-sub-brackets

636 Project-wide engraving options for brackets

and braces

637 Brackets according to ensemble type

638 Custom staff grouping

643 Chord symbols

644 Chord components

644 Project-wide engraving options for chord

symbols

644 Chord symbol appearance presets

653 Transposing chord symbols

654 Hiding/Showing chord symbols

655 Hiding/Showing the root and quality of chord

symbols

655 Chord symbol regions

658 Positions of chord symbols

660 Changing the enharmonic spelling of chord

symbols

661 Chord symbols imported from MusicXML

662 Chord diagrams

663 Chord diagram components

663 Project-wide engraving options for chord

diagrams

664 Project-wide note input options for chord

diagrams

664 Hiding/Showing chord diagrams

665 Changing the chord diagram shape

666 Creating new chord diagram shapes

668 Editing the chord diagram font style

670 Clefs

671 General placement conventions for clefs

671 Project-wide spacing gaps for clefs

673 Deleting clefs

673 Default size of clef changes

674 Changing the position of clefs relative to grace

notes

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674 Setting different clefs for concert/transposed

pitch

675 Hiding/Showing clefs according to layout

transpositions

675 Transposing clefs

677 Octave lines

678 Project-wide engraving options for octave lines

678 Lengthening/Shortening octave lines

679 Changing the angles of octave lines

680 Positions of octave lines

683 Deleting octave lines

684 Octave lines in Engrave mode

685 Tucking index properties

687 Cues

687 General placement and notation conventions

for cues

688 Project-wide engraving options for cues

688 Rhythmic cues

691 Hiding/Showing cues in layouts

692 Changing the octave of cues

692 Hiding/Showing octave transpositions in cue

labels

693 Moving cues

693 Lengthening/Shortening cues

694 Deleting cues

695 Cue contents

695 Cue labels

698 Notations in cues

699 Stem direction in cues

700 Ties in cues

700 Rests in cues

702 Clef changes in cues

703 Viewing options for cues

705 Dynamics

705 Types of dynamics

706 Project-wide engraving options for dynamics

706 Positions of dynamics

711 Showing dynamics in parentheses

712 Erasing the background of dynamics

713 Copying dynamics

713 Deleting dynamics

714 Voice-specic dynamics

714 Niente hairpins

715 Dynamic modiers

717 Gradual dynamics

726 Groups of dynamics

728 Dynamics linked across multiple staves

729 Dynamics font styles

731 Playback Options for dynamics

733 Fingering

733 General placement conventions for ngering

734 Project-wide engraving options for ngerings

734 Changing ngerings to substitution ngerings

735 Changing existing ngerings

736 Moving ngerings graphically

739 Changing the size of ngerings

739 Showing enclosures/underlines on ngerings

740 Hiding/Showing ngering

740 Deleting ngerings

741 Fingering font styles

743 Cautionary ngerings

744 Fingerings for fretted instruments

750 Fingering slides

753 Fingerings for valved brass instruments

755 Hiding/Showing string ngering shift

indicators

756 Fingerings imported from MusicXML les

757 Front matter

757 Project information used in default master

pages

758 Adding dedications in master pages

759 Adding player lists

759 Editing running headers in master pages

761 Grace notes

762 General placement conventions for grace

notes

763 Project-wide changes to the position of grace

notes

764 Grace note size

764 Grace note slashes

766 Grace note stems

766 Grace note beams

767 Holds and pauses

767 Types of holds and pauses

769 Project-wide engraving options for holds and

pauses

769 Positions of holds and pauses

774 Key signatures

774 Key signature arrangements

775 Types of key signatures

776 Project-wide engraving options for key

signatures

776 Tonality systems

786 Deleting key signatures

787 Multiple simultaneous key signatures

787 Positions of key signatures

790 Transposing key signatures alongside

selections

791 Enharmonic equivalent key signatures

792 Cautionary key signatures

793 Lyrics

794 General placement conventions for lyrics

794 Project-wide engraving options for lyrics

794 Filters for lyrics

796 Types of lyrics

797 Types of syllables in lyrics

798 Deleting lyric lines

799 Copying/Pasting lyrics

800 Lyric text editing

802 Positions of lyrics

807 Lyric hyphens and lyric extender lines

810 Lyric line numbers

813 Verse numbers

814 Changing the font styles used for lyrics

815 East Asian elision slurs

817 Notes

817 Project-wide engraving options for notes

819 Notehead sets

832 Changing the size of notes

833 Moving notes rhythmically

834 Changing the width of ledger lines

834 Rhythm dot consolidation

836 Specifying the string for individual notes

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837 Hiding/Showing colors for notes out range

838 Harmonics

839 Turning notes into harmonics

840 Changing the harmonic partial

841 Hiding/Showing or parenthesizing harmonic

accidentals

841 Appearances/Styles of harmonics

846 Ornaments

846 Project-wide engraving options for ornaments

847 Changing ornament intervals

848 Positions of ornaments

851 Trills

854 Trill intervals

859 Trills in playback

863 Arpeggio signs

863 Types of arpeggio signs

866 Length of arpeggio signs

867 General placement conventions for arpeggio

signs

869 Project-wide engraving options for arpeggio

signs

869 Arpeggios in playback

872 Glissando lines

872 General placement conventions for glissando

lines

873 Project-wide engraving options for glissando

lines

873 Glissando lines across empty bars

873 Changing the style of glissando lines

874 Changing glissando line text

875 Moving glissando lines graphically

876 Changing the default angles of glissando lines

project-wide

878 Glissando lines in playback

879 Guitar bends

881 Project-wide engraving options for guitar

bends/pre-bends

881 Hiding/Showing guitar bend hold lines

882 Changing the direction of guitar pre-bends

883 Hiding/Showing accidentals on guitar pre-

bends

883 Moving guitar bends graphically

887 Jazz articulations

888 Jazz ornaments

889 Project-wide engraving options for jazz

articulations

889 Moving jazz articulations graphically

891 Changing the type/length of existing jazz

articulations

891 Changing the line style of smooth jazz

articulations

892 Deleting jazz articulations

893 Page numbers

894 Moving page numbers in master pages

894 Page number paragraph styles

895 Changing the page number numeral style

896 Hiding/Showing page numbers

898 Harp pedaling

899 Project-wide engraving options for harp

pedaling

899 Changing the appearance of harp pedal

diagrams

900 Hiding/Showing harp pedaling in layouts

901 Hiding/Showing borders on harp pedal

diagrams

903 Positions of harp pedal diagrams

905 Partial harp pedaling

907 Pedal lines

908 Sustain pedal retakes and pedal level changes

913 Positions of pedal lines

917 Lengthening/Shortening pedal lines

918 Project-wide engraving options for pedal lines

918 Pedal line start signs, hooks, and continuation

lines

922 Text pedal line signs

924 Pedal lines in playback

925 Pedal lines imported from MusicXML les

926 Playing techniques

927 Project-wide engraving options for playing

techniques

927 Positions of playing techniques

931 Adding text to playing techniques

931 Erasing the background of text playing

techniques

932 Hiding/Showing playing techniques

933 Lengthening/Shortening playing techniques

934 Playing technique continuation lines

937 Groups of playing techniques

939 Custom playing techniques

948 Playing techniques in playback

950 Rehearsal marks

950 General placement conventions for rehearsal

marks

951 Project-wide engraving options for rehearsal

marks

954 Positions of rehearsal marks

955 Deleting rehearsal marks

956 Changing the order of rehearsal marks

956 Changing the rehearsal mark sequence type

957 Adding prexes/suxes to rehearsal marks

957 Editing the rehearsal mark font style

959 Markers

959 Project-wide engraving options for markers

960 Hiding/Showing markers

960 Changing the vertical position of markers

961 Editing marker text

961 Editing the marker/timecode font styles

962 Changing the timecodes of markers

962 Moving markers rhythmically

963 Dening markers as important

964 Timecodes

965 Changing the initial timecode value

965 Showing timecodes on a separate staff

966 Hiding/Showing timecodes in markers

967 Changing the timecode frequency

968 Repeat endings

968 Changing the total number of playthroughs in

repeat endings

969 Project-wide engraving options for repeat

endings

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970 Lengthening/Shortening segments in repeat

endings

970 Positions of repeat endings

972 Editing repeat ending text

973 Changing the appearance of individual nal

repeat ending segments

973 Lengthening/Shortening repeat ending hooks

974 Repeat endings in MusicXML les

975 Repeat markers

976 Project-wide engraving options for repeat

markers

976 Repeat marker paragraph styles

977 Changing the size of coda/segno symbols

977 Changing the index for repeat markers

978 Editing repeat marker text

979 Changing the barline shown before codas

980 Positions of repeat markers

982 Including/Excluding repeats in playback after

repeat jumps

982 Changing the number of playthroughs at

repeat barlines

984 Bar repeats

985 Project-wide engraving options for bar repeats

985 Changing the length of the repeated phrase in

bar repeat regions

986 Moving bar repeat regions

986 Lengthening/Shortening bar repeat regions

987 Hiding/Showing bar repeat region highlights

987 Bar repeat counts

991 Bar repeat grouping

993 Rhythm slashes

993 Slash regions

995 Project-wide engraving options for rhythm

slashes

995 Slashes in multiple-voice contexts

997 Splitting slash regions

998 Moving slash regions

998 Lengthening/Shortening slash regions

999 Hiding/Showing stems in slash regions

999 Slash region counts

1003 Rests

1003 General placement conventions for rests

1004 Implicit vs. explicit rests

1006 Per-ow notation options for rests

1006 Project-wide engraving options for rests

1007 Hiding/Showing rest colors

1007 Deleting rests

1008 Hiding/Showing bar rests in empty bars

1009 Multi-bar rests

1012 Moving rests vertically

1014 Slurs

1015 General placement conventions for slurs

1018 Project-wide engraving options for slurs

1019 Cross-staff and cross-voice slurs

1020 Nested slurs

1021 Moving slurs rhythmically

1022 Lengthening/Shortening slurs

1022 Slurs linked across multiple staves

1024 Slur segments

1025 Slurs in Engrave mode

1029 Short slurs that cover large pitch ranges

1030 Slur height

1032 Slur shoulder offset

1033 Slur curvature direction

1034 Slur styles

1038 Slur collision avoidance

1039 Slurs over system and frame breaks

1039 Slurs in playback

1041 Staff labels

1042 Instrument names in staff labels

1043 Staff label paragraph styles

1044 Project-wide engraving options for staff labels

1044 Changing the length of staff labels

1045 Changing the length of staff labels at specic

positions

1046 Instrument transpositions in staff labels

1049 Hiding/Showing instrument change labels at

the start of ows

1049 Grouping the staff labels of adjacent identical

instruments

1050 Changing the staff label numbering style

1050 Showing vocal staff labels in uppercase/title

case

1051 Staff labels for percussion kits

1052 Staff labels on condensed staves

1054 Staves

1054 Per-layout options for staves

1055 Changing the thickness of staff lines

1055 Deleting staves

1056 Extra staves

1060 Ossia staves

1067 System dividers

1068 System objects

1070 System indents

1072 Divisi

1073 Change Divisi dialog

1075 Inputting divisi changes

1076 Editing existing divisi changes

1076 Moving divisi changes

1077 Ending divisi passages

1078 Unison ranges

1079 Divisi on vocal staves

1080 Divisi staff labels

1083 Divisi in playback

1084 Tablature

1085 Project-wide engraving options for tablature

1085 Rhythms on tablature

1085 Hiding/Showing notation staves and tablature

1086 Changing the allocated string for notes on

tablature

1087 Showing notes as dead notes

1088 Hiding/Showing enclosures around notes on

tablature

1089 Changing the placement of rhythm dots on

tablature

1090 Editing the tablature numbers font style

1091 Stems

1091 Project-wide engraving options for stems

1092 Stem direction

1096 Stem length

1097 Hiding stems

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1098 Tempo marks

1099 Types of tempo marks

1099 Text in tempo marks

1101 Positions of tempo marks

1104 Lengthening/Shortening gradual tempo

changes

1105 Hiding/Showing tempo marks

1105 Deleting tempo marks

1106 Project-wide engraving options for tempo

marks

1106 Tempo mark components

1108 Metronome marks

1110 Gradual tempo changes

1113 Tempo equations

1114 Ties

1114 General placement conventions for ties

1116 Project-wide engraving options for ties

1116 Tie chains

1116 Ties vs. slurs

1117 Non-standard ties

1120 Deleting ties

1120 Splitting tie chains

1121 Changing the shape/angle of ties

1122 Tie shoulder offset

1123 Tie height

1125 Tie styles

1127 Tie curvature direction

1129 Time signatures

1130 General conventions for time signatures

1131 Project-wide engraving options for time

signatures

1131 Project-wide spacing gaps for time signatures

1131 Types of time signatures

1133 Pick-up bars

1134 Large time signatures

1137 Time signature styles

1140 Positions of time signatures

1144 Hiding/Showing time signatures

1144 Deleting time signatures

1145 Time signature font styles

1146 Tremolos

1147 Tremolos in tie chains

1148 General placement conventions for tremolos

1148 Changing the speed of tremolos

1149 Deleting tremolos

1150 Rhythmic positions of notes with tremolos

1150 Moving tremolo strokes

1151 Project-wide engraving options for tremolos

1152 Tremolos in playback

1154 Tuplets

1154 General placement conventions for tuplets

1155 Project-wide engraving options for tuplets

1155 Nested tuplets

1156 Notations on tuplet notes

1156 Turning existing notes into tuplets

1157 Turning tuplets into normal notes

1157 Moving tuplets rhythmically

1158 Deleting tuplets

1159 Tuplet beams

1159 Tuplet brackets

1163 Tuplet numbers/ratios

1166 Unpitched percussion

1166 Percussion kits vs. individual percussion

instruments

1167 Percussion kits

1168 Project-wide engraving options for unpitched

percussion

1168 Per-ow notation options for unpitched

percussion

1169 Changing the playing techniques of notes on

percussion kit staves

1170 Showing notes in percussion instruments as

ghost notes

1170 Moving notes to different instruments in

percussion kits

1170 Notations on notes in percussion kits

1172 Percussion kit presentation types

1174 Playing techniques for unpitched percussion

instruments

1178 Percussion legends

1181 Voices in percussion kits

1183 Unpitched percussion in Play mode

1184 Universal Indian Drum Notation

1186 Voices

1186 Note positions in multiple-voice contexts

1187 Per-ow notation options for voices

1188 Hiding/Showing voice colors

1188 Unused voices

1189 Swapping the order of voices

1190 Notes crossed to staves with existing notes in

other voices

1191 Slash voices

1193 Glossary

1205 Index

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NOTE

Documentation for this new version is ongoing. We recommend that you read the Version

History for Dorico 3 for information about other new features not yet included in this

documentation.

New Features in Version 3.0.0

Highlights

Inputting onto multiple staves

● You can now extend the caret to multiple staves and input notes and notations onto all of

them at once, including dynamics and playing techniques. When using a MIDI keyboard,

this also allows you to explode chords across those staves as you input them. See Inputting

notes and notations onto multiple staves.

Comments

● This version introduces the ability to add comments as annotations as a way of adding

notes or instructions without affecting the music. See Comments.

Condensing

● After years of research, Dorico Pro has introduced a unique way of automatically producing

condensed scores that still allow for separate parts for each player. You can enable

condensing and set up custom condensing groups for each layout independently. See

Condensing.

Playback templates

● It is now possible to create custom playback templates and edit existing ones. You can

include factory default playback templates and endpoint congurations and list them in

your order of preference in a single custom playback template. See Edit Playback Template

dialog.

Chord diagrams

● You can now show chord diagrams alongside chord symbols in Dorico Pro. You can show

the suitable chord diagrams for guitars with a variety of tunings and any other fretted

instrument in the library and create your own chord diagram shapes. See Chord diagrams.

Fingerings for guitars and fretted instruments

● Dorico Pro now offers comprehensive support for the complex ngerings required for

music for guitars and fretted instruments, including automatically positioning right-hand

and left-hand ngerings correctly. See Fingerings for fretted instruments.

Harmonics

● Dorico Pro now supports various conventions for the notation of harmonics on stringed

and fretted instruments, including both natural and articial harmonics. Dorico Pro can

also calculate the correct pitch to be notated for the second through sixth partials. See

Harmonics.

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Guitar bends

● Dorico Pro now supports the notation of guitar bends, including guitar pre-bends, holds,

and releases. These techniques can be shown on both notation staves and tablature. See

Guitar bends.

Harp pedaling

● Dorico Pro now offers features designed to help write idiomatically for the harp, including

harp pedal diagrams that you can show as a diagram or using note names, a tool to

calculate the pedal positions required to play a passage of music, and highlights for notes

that are unplayable with the current pedal positions. See Harp pedaling.

Playing technique continuation lines

● You can now show continuation lines for playing techniques and differentiate between lines

that show simply their duration and lines that indicate a gradual transition between playing

techniques. See Playing technique continuation lines.

Tablature

● Dorico Pro now provides tablature for guitar and other fretted instruments, including

supporting a number of specic idiomatic notations for guitar, custom string tunings,

different conventions for representing rhythms on tablature, and so on. Music can be

shown on a regular notation staff and on tablature at the same time or separately, and they

are linked, meaning edits to one staff automatically affect the other. See Tablature.

More New Features

Project Info dialog

● This new version updates the Project Info dialog signicantly. It can now stay open whilst

you work, has a list of ows so you can select and change information for multiple ows at

once, and also allows you to add and delete ows from within the dialog in addition to

using the Flows panel in Setup mode. It also has a new default key command for quicker

access. See Project Info dialog.

Custom endpoint congurations

● Related to custom playback templates, you can now save any overrides you have made to

endpoint congurations, such as changing the expression maps or instruments assigned to

particular endpoints, as custom endpoint congurations. You can then reuse these in other

projects and include them in custom playback templates. See Custom endpoint

congurations.

Bar numbers at multiple positions

● You can now show bar numbers at multiple vertical positions in the same system. This is

often used in large orchestral scores so that conductors never have to look too far to see

the bar number. See Showing bar numbers above specic staves.

Chord symbol regions

● It is now possible to show chord symbols only alongside slash regions or in new chord

symbol regions. This makes it easier to specify specic sections where it is helpful or

necessary to show chord symbols for players who do not need them elsewhere. See Chord

symbol regions.

Clefs according to layout transposition

● You can now choose to show individual clefs only in transposed or concert pitch layouts.

This is useful when, for example, some instruments require clef changes in the score but

not in their part. Clefs hidden in this way do not affect note spacing. See Hiding/Showing

clefs according to layout transpositions.

Lyric line vertical adjustments

● It is now possible to make graphical adjustments to the vertical positions of lyric lines on

individual systems. See Moving lyric lines vertically.

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Curved arpeggio signs

● Dorico Pro now offers a curved arpeggio sign, which is used by some composers to indicate

only gentle or partial arpeggiation. See Types of arpeggio signs.

Glissando playback

● Glissando lines now affect playback. For harps, the pitches included in glissando lines

automatically changes according to the current harp pedaling setting. See Glissando lines

in playback.

Missing Fonts dialog

● This new dialog informs you if a project you are opening contains a font you do not have

installed on your computer and allows you to select replacement fonts. See Missing Fonts

dialog.

Frame fullness indicator

● Similar to the system fullness indicator already available in Dorico Pro, there is now also a

frame fullness indicator to show whether frames are comfortably full or over-full vertically.

See Frame fullness indicator.

Swing playback for 16th notes

● Dorico Pro now allows you to use 16th notes as the unit for swing playback. See Swing

playback.

Multi-bar rest count font

● It is now possible to change the font used for counts on multi-bar rests to a plain font,

rather than the default bold, Arabic font. See Changing the font used for multi-bar rest bar

counts.

Continuous instrument numbering regardless of transposition

● There is a new option that allows Dorico Pro to number instruments continuously even if

they have different transpositions, such as Horn in F and Horn in D. See Numbering

instruments with different transpositions separately/together.

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Thank you very much for purchasing Dorico Pro.

We are delighted that you have chosen Steinberg's scoring application and hope that you will

enjoy using it for years to come.

Dorico is a next-generation application for producing beautiful sheet music, whether you are a

composer, arranger, music engraver, publisher, instrumentalist, teacher, or student. Whether

you want to print your music or share it in a digital format, Dorico is the most sophisticated

program available.

Like all of Steinberg's products, Dorico has been designed from the ground up by a team of

musicians who understand your needs and who are dedicated to producing a tool that is both

easy to learn and use, but also capable of results of the highest quality. Dorico also integrates

with your existing workow and can import and export les in a variety of formats.

Dorico thinks about music the same way a human musician does and has a deeper

understanding of the elements of music and musical performance than other scoring

applications. Its unique design allows an unprecedented degree of exibility, in music input and

editing, in score layout, in rhythmic freedom, and many other areas besides.

Most sincerely yours,

Your Steinberg Dorico Team

Platform-independent documentation

This documentation applies to the operating systems Windows and macOS.

Features and settings that are specic to one of these platforms are clearly indicated. In all other

cases, the descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for Windows and macOS.

Some points to consider:

● The screenshots are taken from macOS.

● Some functions that are available on the File menu on Windows can be found in the

program name menu on macOS.

Usage of musical terms

This documentation uses American terminology for musical items.

The following table lists all the notes and notations that have different names in American and

British English:

American Name British Name

Double whole note Breve

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American Name British Name

Whole note Semibreve

Half note Minim

Quarter note Crotchet

Eighth note Quaver

Sixteenth note Semiquaver

Thirty-second note Demisemiquaver

Sixty-fourth note Hemidemisemiquaver

Hundred twenty-eighth note Semihemidemisemiquaver

Two hundred fty-sixth note Demisemihemidemisemiquaver

Staff Stave

Bar/Measure

NOTE

This documentation only uses “bar”.

Bar

Conventions

In our documentation, we use typographical and markup elements to structure information.

Typographical elements

The following typographical elements mark the following purposes.

Prerequisite

Requires you to complete an action or to fulll a condition before starting a

procedure.

Procedure

Lists the steps that you must take to achieve a specic result.

Important

Informs you about issues that might affect the system, the connected hardware, or

that might bring a risk of data loss.

Note

Informs you about issues that you should consider.

Tip

Adds further information or useful suggestions.

Example

Provides you with an example.

Introduction

Conventions

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Result

Shows the result of the procedure.

After Completing This Task

Informs you about actions or tasks that you can perform after completing the

procedure.

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