in the Forum and all the help resources for an answer but have not found it. I’ve not seen this behavior before so I’m doing something incorrectly. I have selected “Show for Rhythm Section Instruments” and selected “Rhythm Section Instrument” in “Edit Instrument Definition” in Setup Mode. Just upgraded to Pro 6 but it occurred in Pro 5. I’m on a MacBook Air M4 running Tahoe 26.1. Any help will be much appreciated as always.
Hi @JPayne, not sure I understand your question, and if I understand it, there is nothing unexpected: Dorico is showing the Chord Symbols where you told it to: Show for Rhythm Section Instruments, and those three instruments are currently defined as rhythm section instruments. The Chord symbols appear independently of the presence or not of music.
What are you trying to achieve? Maybe instead you could use Chord Symbols>Show in Chord Symbols and Slash Regions, instead? And draw those Cord Symbol (visibility) Regions where Chord symbols should appear:
Thanks for your reply. I’m rescoring some jazz combo charts to learn more about how to work in Dorico. Because of my past life in Finale, I’m not used to entering a chord symbol and having it appear in all rhythm parts at the same time. If I understand your answer correctly, in Dorico I set my players to Chord Symbols>Show in Chord Symbol and Slash Regions and then create chord symbol regions where I want to show chords. That works. I just assumed that Dorico would not put chord symbols over an empty measure. Now I know. I appreciate your thoughtful and insightful help as always. I am so thankful for the Forum and the many musicians who take the time to help all of us.
Yes. Also consider combining this with the possible visualisation in Score and/or Parts only, for specific Players,
(from Setup>right click in the player>Chord Symbols):
