So, I imported a .mxl file from Finale v 26 into Dorico Pro 5.1 and the transfer works fine, but when I wish to add a vocal staff above the piano staves, I can’t seem to do it. I have entered SETUP and added SINGERS, Tenor, and it shows up on the left hand side. But no additional staff is generated. I cannot drag the part over the piano staff to add either. Does anybody know how to do this ? Many thanks.
Welcome to the forum, @adamdachman !
Have you added the tenor as a separate player?
And when you click on the Full score layout, does it show that both the tenor and piano players are connected to the layout?
Edit: If you also want the tenor to show up in the piano layout, you have to wire that up as well.
For documents that start as XML imports, new Players are not added to all flows automatically: you have to add them to the flow manually.
Interesting – I didn’t know that.
Since the import didn’t result in a player being added, so far, I have used a work around: I copied the entire piano part imported from Finale into Dorico. I used Mac-Command-A. Then I copied the notes with Command-C. I then created a new Dorico file for Piano. I highlighted the first measure in the new file and Command-V pasted. I’m not sure why, but when adding the tenor vocal to the players in setup, I still don’t get the staff. So I clicked EDIT>Notations>add staff above and that is how I proceeded thus far. Not exactly what I was trying for. But it is working for now. I’m not sure why I’m not just getting the new staff for vocal above the piano part when I add the Player in Setup mode…
Hi. I’m reading this thread and think there are many problems in the reasoning.
When you add a player in a score that already exists, as @benwiggy comments, you need to tick them in (in the existing flow) AND it’s totally normal that nothing changes in Page view : the default is to have empty staves to hide. Switch to galley view and you will see that new staff!
I really don’t understand why your import could not serve as the final file. The only thing I would absolutely check is that the imported instrument is wired correctly in Dorico. The best way to ensure that would be to go to Setup mode>Players panel (left)>Instrument submenu>Change instrument>Piano (I know it was already a Piano, but xml imports sometimes do not wire everything perfectly under the hood, this ensures all is well).
Hope it helps!