In musical theatre scores, keyboard parts often play a wide variety of patches, including those that double or substitute for other instruments in the pit band. As helpfully suggested in this thread (Instrument changes in a musical theatre context (keys part)), cues can be a great way to show these additional instruments in the keys parts. However, I’m running into an issue with how cue labels appear.
For example, let’s say the pit includes a live Trombone, but the Keys part covers Trombone 2 for certain passages. If I create a cue from the Trombone 2 part in the Keys staff, the label appears as Tbn. 2 in the Keys part. What I would ideally like is:
- Full label: Trombone (Keys) - to avoid any confusion with Trombone 1, which I would like to be named without the numerical designation
- Abbreviated label: Tbn.
This way, the labelling is concise and appropriate. However, when I add a second trombone part, the labels show Trombone 1 and Trombone 2 and the abbreviated form in the Keys part, a cue from the second part, shows as Tbn. 2.
Is there a way to customise cue labels like this in Dorico 6?
Any guidance or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!
