Do you really mean that you’re using a different flow for each player, or did you mean to say a different layout for each player? It would be unusual to use a different flow for each player, if they’re all meant to be playing together.
In addition to what asherber wrote, I suggest you read the first few chapters of the manual that explains the basics of Dorico and how it’s different from other similar programs. The second chapter (Dorico concepts) goes through (among other things) flows and layouts and how they work together. It sounds like you probably have misunderstood that.
Actually, what I was trying to accomplish was much simpler than I thought. To wit—and after turning off the computer for a few hours—I realized that I was just creating a score and parts. The parts being accessible with this menu:
The goal for this project is creating a template for lead sheets with easily accessible transposed parts for the most common transposing instruments (i.e., Eb, Bb, and bass clef).
And, as I see it, the process involved simply creating 4 “players” (3 transposing + 1 concert/treble clef), then using the above menu (I don’t know the “official” Dorico name) to access the printable parts for those instruments.
One remaining question involving chord changes. If I enter the chord changes for the Treble Clef part (the top part), the changes only show up in the parts as (transposed) Signposts. Do I need to enter the chord changes for all 4 players in order to have them show up in the parts? (I also tried copying and pasting the chords to other parts in the full score, but for some reason that didn’t work.)
Thank you!
In case it helps: for this kind of project, you might be interested in Clefs and Transposition Overrides. They let you create parts in any transposition you want, all linked to a single instrument.
So any change you make to the instrument will automatically be reflected in all the parts.
Here’s an example with a score in C and parts in Bb, Eb, F and A. Try to change something in the score, and you’ll see that all the parts are following (incl. Chord Symbols).
By default, Dorico only shows chord symbols for players defined as “rhythm” instruments. When you added chord symbols above the top staff, that automatically changed that player’s settings to show all chord symbols. If you want them to appear above the other staves, then in Setup mode, right click the card for each player (in the left panel) and choose Chord Symbols > Show For All Instruments.
But the suggestion by @charles_piano is generally better for projects like this, since there’s only one copy of the actual notes, and Dorico takes care of transposing for different layouts. If you create separate players for the different transpositions, then if you decide to change a note, you have to change it for all 4 players.
The drawback to that method is that the notes in the transposed layouts must follow the source layout exactly – you can’t decide, for example, to move a few bars up an octave in the transposed layout.
This appears to be EXACTLY what I was envisioning, and I’m especially grateful for the link to the relevant info in the manual.
Thanks for both suggestions. I’m going to try the latter, which seems to take advantage of Dorico’s relational database-type options.
