Two part question: how do I insert brackets to indicate manual usage in organ notation; and how do I insert Manual names in front of said brackets? I’m new to Dorico and found this simple to do in Finale.
Are you talking about the brace at the very left? In setup mode when you add an Organ instrument to a player it is automatically there. For staff labels, there’s an option in Layout options to show the names of instruments. There is also an option to indent the first system. If you need additional names, you can always add regular staff text below the bottom staff and drag to any position in Engrave mode. If that doesn’t help, maybe a picture to show what you want to see?
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I’m looking for a larger bracket that encompasses two staves like the attached image.
David Schelat
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Four Chapters for Organ - Score.pdf (70.3 KB)
There is a brace under the Lines in the right panel. In your example, select the pedal note & the first note in the LH and add it. Then in engrave mode resize to only be in the manuals. Otherwise, entering it as text (change just the size of the brace and adjusting the baseline) is the only other way I can think of doing it. In my example that’s what I did with the “Sw: {” text.
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Thanks.
I am just beginning with Dorico and at the moment arranging organ music. I need to be able to place the manual name between the staves but some times above and below when hand are on different keyboards. I have been looking at playing techniques for the soulution but can’t quite get there. How is the approved way? Is there a demo organ score showing how to do these in Dorico.
I’m also a beginner, so here is what I’ve learned:
You can name the manual via Write mode. Go into Write in the top menu and find what you want to write. Then you can move this to where you want it in Engrave mode.
Hope this helps.
For the manual name I use text (shift-x). Press “F” to flip it to the opposite side of the staff. You could also create different paragraph styles for text above and text below the clef, as well as unique styles and fonts.
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Thanks David and James. I have being playing around with things that might achieve what I want. Either of your methods work. I don’t like having to move things after they have been entered. If I find exactly as I want I will come back here and record it.