1st/2nd time only, etc.

Dorico
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I do a lot of both rock writing and choir arranging that requires the use of “play on verses 1 & 3” or “2nd time only” notation. While I’m mostly interested in the notation aspects of Dorico, it would be nice to get playback to observe these directions. Has anyone figured out a workaround to get the playback to mute passages contained within repeat signs on specific playthroughs? I’m trying to do a mock-up of a ska tune where the horn section only plays a particular passage during the second repeat, and using first/second endings isn’t an option because of where it’s located.

(Apologies if this has been answered already — my search didn’t really yield any useful results.)

2

There’s no solution yet, no… you have to write it out for playback to be accurate.

3

The Dorico Team is aware of the need, so a solution is likely sometime in the future. No one who may know can say when just yet, which is standard operating procedure and is fine.

4

I figured this would be the case, but just wanted to see if someone had come up with a neat enough work around, so thanks for the confirmation. I think I can manage by having two copies of the score, one with the repeats written out for playback and the other to actually read as a chart for now.