I have duplicated a flow with the intention of changing one instrument in the copy. I changed the instrument in the new flow I want to work with. However, the instrument was changed in the original flow, which I prefer to avoid. So I went to the first flow and removed the score and players in the right hand layout list so that the flow would not be available, or hidden, while I work on the copy. I then changed the instrument and then had a look again at the original flow only to find the instrument had been changed there, too. What step am I missing?
You will have to add a new instrument for the new Flow. Then remove the old instrument from the new Flow and remove the new instrument from the old Flow.
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- Setup Mode: Add your new instrument in Players
- Duplicate your Flow
- Select the Duplicated flow and add the new player to it.
- Write Mode (Duplicated Flow): Select all music in the original instrument and move it to the new instrument (use Alt-N/M as appropriate)
- Back to Setup: Select Duplicated Flow. Deselect the original player from that flow.
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Thank you , Craig and Janus
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If you don’t need to change anything except the instrument playing the same part, you don’t even need to duplicate the flow. These versions can both be the same flow, with both players, and you just need two different score layouts, each omitting a player.
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Since I am still a bit green, I like to copy a project and work on that so as not to lose any data on the original. Confidence grows daily and I will keep all these options available.
I’m having a similar issue, but the instructions are not working for me. How can I have a new flow with a new instrument for the same player? Dorcico seems unable to do this. I must be missing something.
So you want to do something like: Your clarinet player plays a Bb clarinet in the first movement and an A clarinet in the second movement?
All you have to do is add the A clarinet to your clarinet player, so that he has two clarinets.
Then add your new flow. If you switch to Galley view in Write mode, you’ll see both clarinet staves in both flows. Write your music in the Bb staff in the first flow, and the A staff in the second flow.
When you switch to Page view, Dorico will show you only the instrument that actually plays in each flow.
(Obviously, I’m just using Bb and A clarinet as an example. The two instruments can be whatever you want.)
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