# Play second time only **URL:** \ **Category:** Dorico\ **Created:** [August 27, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814 "2020-08-27T23:22:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Theo\_Dyck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Theo\_Dyck](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Theo_Dyck)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/1 "2020-08-27T23:22:07Z")
Hi, How I can set an Instrument to playback only the second time in a repeat region? ---
**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/2 "2020-08-28T08:34:01Z")
Welcome to the forum, Theo. I’m afraid this functionality is not currently available in Dorico, but it’s something we plan to add in a future version. ---
**Author:** ![Theo\_Dyck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Theo\_Dyck](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Theo_Dyck)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/3 "2020-08-31T16:03:48Z")
Will be nice. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Dorico54](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dorico54/32/92611_2.png) [@Dorico54](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Dorico54)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/4 "2022-04-18T16:48:29Z")
Salve, mi aggiungo alla richiesta. Per me sarebbe molto utile. Grazie. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Sudmeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Greg\_Sudmeier](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Greg_Sudmeier)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/5 "2023-02-10T17:50:10Z")
Any updates on this feature??? (Feb. 10, 2023) ---
**Author:** ![sspharis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/sspharis/32/92004_2.png) [@sspharis](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/sspharis)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/6 "2023-02-10T18:22:50Z")
There are no updates. ---
**Author:** ![karininwinnipeg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/karininwinnipeg/32/176065_2.png) [@karininwinnipeg](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/karininwinnipeg)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/7 "2023-02-24T07:12:44Z")
Hey folks. For R&B, jazz, etc., this is one feature that’s just shockingly absent from Dorico. Another is the inability to indicate straight and swung notes in a passage. If you want to capture the large market away from Sibelius, please please add these features. (And maybe a better way to have chords show only for a few bars for a few instruments when they’re soloing). Thanks muchly. ---
**Author:** ![Derrek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/derrek/32/92034_2.png) [@Derrek](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Derrek)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/8 "2023-02-24T12:19:45Z")
> [@karininwinnipeg](#): > > Another is the inability to indicate straight and swung notes in a passage. This is possible already, and I expect the “second-time-only” is already on the Team’s radar. > **[Swing playback](https://steinberg.help/dorico_pro/v4/en/dorico/topics/play_mode/play_mode_swing_playback_c.html?hl=swing%2Cplayback)** > > Swing is a style of performance where equally-notated notes are played in a regular pattern of alternating longer and shorter notes, which commonly entails eighth notes being played as a quarter note triplet followed by an eighth note triplet. > **[Enabling swing playback for specific sections/instruments](https://steinberg.help/dorico_pro/v4/en/dorico/topics/play_mode/play_mode_swing_playback_enabling_sections_players_t.html)** > > You can enable swing playback for specific sections in your project and for individual instruments independently; for example, if you want only the trumpet player to swing for a twelve-bar section, or if you only want swing playback in one flow. ---
**Author:** ![FredGUnn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/fredgunn/32/92088_2.png) [@FredGUnn](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/FredGUnn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/9 "2023-02-24T13:14:02Z")
> [@karininwinnipeg](#): > > And maybe a better way to have chords show only for a few bars for a few instruments when they’re soloing In Setup, specify “show in Chord Symbol and Slash Regions” ![chords](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/4/e/4e2790546b07e64696731ec132fe019cd10b1f7d.png) Add slashes or a chord symbol region to those few bars and you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![YourMusic.Pro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/yourmusic.pro/32/716_2.png) [@YourMusic.Pro](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/YourMusic.Pro)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/10 "2023-02-24T13:17:00Z")
> [@karininwinnipeg](#): > > indicate > [@Derrek](#): > > This is possible already Not natively, no… ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Groothoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@Chris\_Groothoff](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Chris_Groothoff)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/11 "2025-04-18T15:54:35Z")
Hello I have Version 4.3.31.1134 and wouldn’t know (being in Write mode) how to notate (other than in text) “Please play only 2nd time” between two repeat signs Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![FredGUnn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/fredgunn/32/92088_2.png) [@FredGUnn](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/FredGUnn)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/play-second-time-only/154814/12 "2025-04-18T21:31:05Z")
This feature came out in D5 so playback of this isn’t available in D4. From the D5 Version History: ![suppress](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/4X/3/3/9/33924592a319246d253da399c5e6b95110c3751d.png) You can possibly get the playback to work correctly with a Playback Technique that changes the assigned channel. [Here’s a walkthrough](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/second-time-only/118177/14) I posted a while back.