I’m currently updating my marching band score. However, there are a few “extra” parts that are not in the score. The score has a few staff labels like “Horn (Bb Horn/Flugelhorn, Opt.)”. The optional instruments are, of course, in a different key than the main instrument in the score. What’s the easiest way to add a part layout for the optional instruments in the correct key? Thanks so much for the help!
The usual way to do this is to create a new layout for the source player, and then apply a clef and transposition override.
Do I need to link the new part layout I created to the main instrument that’s in the score? Right now I’m creating a flugelhorn part. Should I link it to the horn part, or just follow the, “Clef and Transposition Overrides dialog”, directions that you linked for me?
Every layout needs to be linked to at least one player, or it won’t have any music to display. As I indicated above, your new (flugelhorn) layout should be linked to the source (horn) player, since you want the layout to include the music from the horn player. Then you apply the override so that the music is transposed for an instrument in Bb instead of an instrument in F.
I got the layout added (I’ll figure out the transposition here in a minute). I edited the flugelhorn’s part layout name. I edited it by double clicking the flugelhorn’s layout card thing, and then I typed what I wanted to call the flugelhorn part. However, the part layout name didn’t change for the flugelhorn’s part. Also, I tried changing the notes in the flugelhorn part itself, but it’s also changing the notes for the horn part in the score. How do I change the notes, just the pitch, of the parts that are linked to the main instrument in the score?
It should, assuming you’re using the default {@layoutName@} token in your layouts to show the name.
This is something you can’t do (because they’re linked). A layout is just a view of a player’s music, not an independent copy. If you change the notes in one layout, you change them in all layouts in which that player appears.
If you need a flugelhorn part that is mostly like the horn part but has some different notes, then you’ll need to create a separate flugelhorn player, copy all of the horn music to the flugelhorn staff, and make the changes you need. You can remove the flugelhorn player from the full score, so that it doesn’t display there, and then you set up a regular layout for the flugelhorn player without clef and transposition overrides.
The thing to be careful of here is that the new flugelhorn player is not linked to the horn player. If there’s a wrong note in the horn part, you’ll need to fix it both for the horn player and for the flugelhorn player.
Also, I figured out the part layout issue. I didn’t have a token where the part layout’s name should be.
I originally did that with my first and second version of my marching band template (I’m referring to having to add the “extra” instrument to the score, hide it and all of that jazz).
Now is there a way to have flats and sharps in a part layout’s name to automatically be superscript? Sorry for all the side questions, I’m just trying to cover my grounds here.
I don’t think there’s a way to do this automatically, but I could be missing something. I think you would need to add the accidental not in the layout name but directly on the page (which creates a page override), and then apply a character style which makes it smaller and superscript.
That’s what I did in versions 1 & 2 as well. I just didn’t know if there was something in setup mode to where I didn’t have to do a page override for all the instruments that have an accidental in their part layout name.
To use accidentals in layout names specified in Setup Mode use
{@flat@}for ♭and{@sharp@}for ♯
Correct, but I’m needing them to be superscript as well. Is there not a way to have the accidental automatically be superscript?
You can modify the font style in menu Library > Character Styles > Music Text but this affects all occurrences of this style
Which is what I’m needing for staff labels as well. Let me try your suggested method. I’ll be right back!
Are you sure you added a layout?
You add a layout in Setup Mode on the right panel.
(In the left panel you add new players, not layouts).
Yes, I added a layout!
Ok., wonderful!
No need to add a new player, just the additional layouts 
Then how do I change the pitch of then notes for just the layout and it not effect the notes in the score?
You don’t want the notes in the score to change.
You just add a new layout (right panel),
give it a name,
link it to an existing player/instrument,
then call the Clef and Transposition override menu (I do this by right clicking the new layout).
In the resulting window/panel you can decide, which clef and which pitch you want the new layout display (the music, which is already in the score and should of course stay as it is).
Correct. I’ve done that, but when I change the pitch for the notes in the new layout the notes in the score change as well.
This is intended. Layouts are linked to players. Why do you want to change pitches?
You could add a player in the score and hide the staff, there you can copy and modify music, but this staff is not linked to the staff you copied the music from.