Brackets

Dorico
1

Hello,
I have a snare drum and a soprano part in a bracket because of the soprano part: she doesn’t sing, she has to read a text, therefore I used a single-line instead of the common 5-line. But of course they are not from the same family, is it possible to divide them, without moving all the existing brackets that are correct instead?

Thank you in advance

2

Just wondering : create a new player, soprano singer. Give her another instrument (clicking on the + button), obviously an unpitched percussion one… Could that work?

3

No, because being the new instrument a percussion instrument , it will naturally goes with the other percussion (the snare) that I already have.

4

Yes, you’re right, I just tried, and it does not fool the software. Let’s wait for an answer from some Dorico master !

5

Unfortunately the brackets will always follow the instrument currently held by the player, so if the soprano player also has a snare drum, when the snare drum is active at the start of the system, the bracketing will follow the snare drum.

6

But the soprano hasn’t got a snare, she’s just reading a text, so she doesn’t need a 5 line staff, only a single one!
And another oddity is that if I modify the percussion kit and then I create the new instrument to be used in this way ( say I modify the kit, go to the single line, add a bongo low, change his name) when I change his name it will appear slightly smaller than the others and I couldn’t find any way to change it.
Suggestions?

Thanks

7

If you look at the sheet music for Hamilton or In The Heights, you will find that in these editions the hip-hop (spoken) text is notated on a standard five-line staff in the second space from the top.

As far as producing a sound file, one can always create a bongo part that reflects the rhythm and simply not include it in the printed layout for singers or the conductor.

8

The reason the label is smaller is because it’s using the ‘Staff Labels (Percussion Grid)’ paragraph style, which is 2pt smaller than ‘Staff Labels’ by default: you can change this in Engrave > Paragraph Styles.