Sibelius includes a very powerful import tool that allows you to bring another score, or a part entered in another file, into a score. This is far more efficient than a haphazard series of copy-and-paste operations.
For example, let’s imagine I’ve engraved the solo piano part of a concerto, and then I want to incorporate it into a score, where the staves are already set up but blank. In one second, this import function will do the job.
I would like Dorico to include this kind of tool. At present, I haven’t found any solutions other than copy and paste, which I find rather unsatisfactory. Have I not looked hard enough in the documentation?
Works great for multi-movement works if you want to work on them separately for speed reasons, then need to combine at the end. I’m not sure there’s a way to bring a single part from another flow in though.
That’s done ; but they are empty (waiting the music engraved in other file).
I don’t think you’re very familiar with this Sibelius import tool… Never mind. This was an idea among many others.
Whilst importing into Sibelius, you need a plugin and also need to answer questions that arise when the time signatures don’t match .. It is not that straightforward.
I do actually prefer the present Dorico way, where the Flow/Stream of music gets clearly appended as a separate flow, and it is up to the users responsibility to do the pasting exactly how they want it.
Just to be clear, you can easily copy the whole imported/appended piano concerto flow, by selecting the first note, extending the selection to the end, copying - and pasting the whole stream of music into your prior flow.
In my case, no. Because I import, in my exemple, the solo piano part within the score, already engraved. So the receptacle score matches in every point.
Then it is as easy to import this into your existing Dorico project. Your import is via .xml or via a .dorico flow, it doesn’t matter. In case the .xml import creates a new instrument, don’t worry, as you only use the systems as source for your pasting.
