It is absolutely possible. Here is a file with the instrument in question as well as an importable kit. What you need is to load the instrument "Drum Set (basic) in setup mode. Click the three dots beside the green kit that appears once you open the player card. Then choose “edit instrument definition”, click on the + icon at bottom left of that window, click “edit kit” remove all instruments except crash cymbal (it’s “out of kit” icon at bottom left, with an arrow out of a box), add Bass drum (plus icon), move the two instruments on either side of the center line, make sure that the bass drum is set to downstem, select cymbals and click 'edit playing technique, set the notehead to “larger notehead”, click OK, go down to Number of staff lines, scroll it down to 1, rename the instrument and save. Go to the instrument picker and select your new instrument (you may still have to rename it after that). But at any rate, here’s the file and the kit!
Rename Pump-Kit to Pump-Kit.doricolib
and
Rename Pump-File to Pump-File.dorico
Also, you can go to instrument definition for that instrument and click on the star at the bottom left. That will make it a default instrument and you will never need to import it again
No, the grid is determined by the note value in the far lower corner of the screen. This is what determines the grid in the note entry mode (with the carat active). It’s also the grid parameter for shifting notes/dynamics forward or extending them. As I recall, the shortcut for changing the values of the grid is Alt+[ or Alt+] to increase/decrease.
@luke.w A tip: Create key commands to set the grid value to correspond with the normal note duration keys. So, I have ctrl-5 to set the grid to quavers and ctrl-6 to set it to crotchets (etc. etc.)
Greetings all! Many thanks for your help. I have a laundry list of small things that I could do in Finale but am having some trouble finding the Dorico equivalent. The answers are probably out there but spread all over the forum. I beg for your patience. Thanks in advance!
How do you create “div.” and “div. a3” etc. to add to score?
Is there a way to copy articulations only from one staff to another?
Is there a way to align crescendos/decresc vertically/horizontally without having to edit each one individually?
How do you break/combine note beams without changing a default?
Can you delete dynamics from multiple staves with deleting notes?
divisi
If you need to break out into multiple staves, you’ll need Dorico’s divisi functionality: Steinberg
In many cases you can get away with Staff Text (Shift-X) or bulid some Playing Techniques (a little bit like custom Expressions, I suppose)
Is there a way to copy articulations only from one staff to another?
How do you break/combine note beams without changing a default?
Select a note, right-click > Beaming > you’ll find functions in there. Well worth assigning key commands from Preferences > Key Commands (on the Dorico menu on Mac, or the Edit menu on Windows).
Can you delete dynamics from multiple staves with deleting notes?
Select a passage, right-click > Filter > Dynamics. Hit backspace/delete on your keyboard. Or Cmd/Ctrl-click just dynamics. Or select one dynamic, then use the Select More command (Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-A) to select just that type of object (type it repeatedly to expand the selection to a system, then the whole flow).
How can you create L.V. lines?
It’s a property in the bottom panel. Select a note, find the Laissez Vibrer property, turn it on.
You can add Divisi markers, which will create additional staves and give you all the labels!
Yes: See Paste Articulations in Paste Special menu.
Very definitely! The best way is to add them altogether. Select the staves, add the dynamics using the popover, and they will be added to all staves. They will be linked, and Dynamics that are Linked will move together when edited.
Right Click > Beaming.
Of course. Just filter the dynamics, and press delete.
LV ties are a switch in the Properties panel for a selected note.
Fantastic!!! Thanks all! These are the little things that were frustrating me. Its translating one set of terms for another.
Another question: I’m ending a run on a sixteenth note and the remaining count will be filled with a sixteenth rest and an eighth rest. is there a way to default it to a dotted-eight rest?
In Notation Options, under Rests, you can set your general preferences for the display of dotted vs. undotted rests. If you want to locally override these preferences for some reason, you can enter explicit rests with Force Duration on.
You can use force duration. If you have lots of these, you can force just one, select it and use alt/opt-click to copy it to other locations and the force duration property will copy as well.
Dorico does not have an expressions category. Legato is a playing technique (shift-p legato), dolce/cantabile could be added as text to a dynamic (and you can hide the dynamic itself) as many items allow you to add a text prefix or suffix, or just use normal staff text.
When you have created one, in the list of them (Playing Techniques, for example) there will be a star icon. Click this. It will Save as Default and make the technique available in future projects.
