I’ve written a string quartet with the viola part written with an alto clef. The violist has asked that her part be written in treble clef. Since I wanted to preserve the alto clef in the score, I created a separate flow where I changed the viola’s part from alto to treble clef. Printing Violin 1, Violin 2, and Cello had no issues, but the viola part, however (even though I specifically selected flow 2 for printing, showed part of the last page of viola part in flow one with the alto clef, and on the very last line of this page was the first line of the viola part from flow 2 with the treble clef. I’ve included a screen shot.
In Library→Layout Options, you can set that a flow always starts on a new page. A better way would be to create a new instrumental part layout in Setup mode on the right, and tick the viola on the left, right-click, and choose Clef and Transposition Override on the right again.
Dorico will not print a flow on a separate page simply because you selected only that flow. The only way to do that is to set the layout option to start flows on new pages.
@jesele’s approach is probably the best for what you want to achieve. However, if there are manual clef changes in the flow, they will be retained.
Wasn’t it possible to create a new viola layout with a clef override, instead of a new flow? Haven’t tried myself, but it’s the first thing I come up with.
(Apart from that, I’ve never met a viola player preferring treble clef.)
Hi and thank you, you had said “create a new instrumental part layout” … can you be more specific on that, please. I know I should be in Setup mode and I see the layouts on the right. Just not sure about what you mean about creating a new instrumental part layout. Thanks
I haven’t worked with clef overrides before. I’m not sure what Janus meant about “creating a new instrumental part layout.
I’m not sure why this violist wants to read in treble clef. I know she also plays violin, so maybe that’s what she feels more comfortable reading. She is also Ukrainian, and it might be a thing there, I’m not sure.
In setup, select the Viola layout on the Right-hand side. Right-click and choose Duplicate Layout (a new Viola layout will be created at the bottom of the list)
Select the new one. Right-click and choose Clef and Transposition overrides.
In the dialog select Treble Clef for the first staff clef.
Ok, I did this. I see the new viola at the bottom of the list in Layouts. I did the clef override, but nothing is different on the score. There is not an added viola on the score either. Thank you
There should be no difference in the score. You wanted a layout for your viola player that used treble clef. But you explicitly said you wanted to keep the alto clef in the score.
Ah got it. I’m still getting used to Dorico. In my brain i just thought it would appear there in the score. But yes, it does appear as a part when I select it on the left column. Thank you
.. it depends on the tessitura of the music. If it’s all high up on the top string, at some point the viola player does not like to see too many ledger lines. I would say from g’’ or a’’ upward.
