Hello,
I am having trouble figuring out how to add repeats in different spots in Dorico 5, the only way I can explain the issue I am having is by showing the sheet music I am trying replicate for my arrangement of this song by Richard Rogers. As you can see there first ending is to be played through till the repeat and as the second play through occurs you are supposed to jump to the second ending thus taking us to the end of the piece. Any thoughts? thanks!
Welcome to the forum @LandenBlackburn!
Like this?
Welcome to the forum, @LandenBlackburn !
As @DanielMuzMurray indicated, you can add first and second endings with the Repeats popover (Shift+R). You could also add them with the Repeats panel, if you prefer.
For this song, you will also need to change the first barline to a repeat barline, which you can do with the Barlines popover (Shift+B).
You can adjust how the repeat endings look in Engraving Options – to make the first and second ending brackets short and open-ended, for example, as they are in your sheet music.
I want the first ending to appear over the Bbmaj7 to Bb7 bar, and the second ending to start after the repeat of the bar with C-7 to F7. This should indicate that on the second playthrough of the repeat, you take the second ending, beginning with F-7 to Bb7. I understand how to create repeats, but I need guidance on formatting them to match standard sheet music notation.
You can do this just like I show in my previous post, but select the measures you want.
So select the Bbmaj7 to Bb7 bar, and then Shift+click on the C-7 to F7 bar, so that all of the bars in between are selected. Then invoke the Repeats popover with Shift+R, type end and hit Enter, and Dorico will create the correct repeats and endings.
Then you also have to change the first barline into a repeat barline with the Barlines popover, as I showed in my post.
At this point, everything will appear correctly. As I indicated, you can change settings in Engraving Options to make things look a little different, but any of the settings are correct notation.
Thank you for your email. I am simply just so new to Dorico!
No worries – that’s what this forum is for!
There are many different standards for notation. Each genre (pop, jazz, renaissance choral music, film scores, classical etc.) has its own traditions. Dorico does a pretty good job of catering for them all.
