Hi
I have created a few single stave lead sheets and then thought afterwards it would be great to add Tablature so I could play my guitar using the lead sheet. I have looked in the manual but can’t find how to do it, as Dorico Pro 3 is such a great program I’m sure it can be done fairly easily I just need to find out how ?
Glen
Yes,
I presume you have used a guitar as your primary instrument.
Goto Layout options (Cntl+Shift+L) and look under ‘Players’. Inside there will be a ‘Fretted Instruments’ option. This will present you with your TAB options.
Enjoy.
TopDots, thanks for your help.
When creating the lead sheet I used ‘SOLO’ then the option ‘Lead sheet’ and I think the instrument was just ‘Voice’. I thought about using the guitar later after the lead sheet was created. Sorry but I can’t seem to get my head around Players, Flows and Layouts even after reading the manual and watching Dorico videos, think its a age problem. Possibly because I didn’t use a guitar in the players section the Fretted Instruments is not showing up under Players in Layout Options. I assume I need to change Voice to Guitar for this to work.
Okay, ‘Tis not a problem’. You’re correct in saying that if you did not use a guitar (fretted) instrument as your primary instrument, the tablature options are not visable. I would think the simplist option would be to simply change the ‘voice’ into a guitar. Of course, if you wanted both you may wish to duplicate the voice instrument before changing it.
To duplicate> Goto Setup mode and right click on the instrument and select ‘Duplicate’
To change instrument> Open the card for the player and click on the right chevron and select ‘Change Instrument’ - and then select a guitar of some sort.
Regards
PS. A few of us here are getting on in years but please don’t get dishearted. At some point we all got our ‘lightbulb’ moment - I’m sure you’ll get yours. 
Yes that worked exactly as you describe, easy when you know how
Many thanks for clearing that up.
Regards, Glen
Hello,
I don’t know if this thread is still active.
When I click under Players / Fretted Instruments, I see guitars, bass guitars, etc., but there’s no fret options. When I click Add, I only get a normal guitar with traditional notation. I tried the C+S+L as noted in this thread, but nothing happens on my screen - on my Mac, this shortcut isn’t attached to any command.
Could someone possibly give me some 2024 on adding frets?
Thank you very much,
Amy
User guide on Tab, including video and below it, Related links, Hiding and showing…
Wow - The tutorial video is pretty incredible! I just wanted to know how to find the tab button, but instead I saw how to do bends, etc. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Amy, glad it was useful, all of the videos Dorico provide (Anthony’s ones are particularly useful when a new feature appears) are worth taking the time to watch.
Have fun (and if you are new here, Welcome!) (or even if you are not new…)!
How can you change the tab voicing? For example, for mandolin I have a G as fret 5 on the D string but I want it to be fret 10 on the A string.
Select the number on the tab staff and use the “N” and “M” keys to move it to other strings.
One can set/change the string for a given note in the Properties Panel at the bottom of the screen.