Show or not show transpositions in full score and parts staff labels

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Hey everybody, I’m pulling out my hair with trying to change multiple options to get what I’m looking for.

This piece is score for 2 Trumpets in C and 2 Horns in F. I’ve don’t feel like I need to express the transpositions in the staff labels for these instruments on every staff, so somehow I figured out how to indicate “Trumpet in C 1”, etc., on the first staff of the piece, but just “Tpt 1” on each subsequent staff:

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The problem I’m now having is that all of the parts with transposing instruments look something like this “Trumpet in C (C) 1”, which seem redundant and unnecessary.

Is there a way to get what I’m looking for in the parts also?

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In Layout Options > Staves and Systems > Pitch and Transposition if you unclick “Show in abbreviated staff labels” does that do the trick?

::: Bill

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Easiest way is to just edit the Layout Name in the right-hand column. You’ll have to do the numbering manually.

Another option which is more involved is to edit the Page Template to use FullStaffLabels rather than LayoutName as the token.

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No. That doesn’t seem to have any impact.

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How do you edit the layout name?

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Just Double-click and type in the name.

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Does that work in Dorico for you? It doesn’t work on my end.

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Yes it works! You can change either the Player Name or the Layout Name by double-click.

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Or right-click, Rename

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Ah I see! I was looking at that same menu in Layout Options (where you cannot click it). You are looking at it in Setup Mode – and yes, I now got it to work!

So many things in Dorico are “simple”, but you have to sift through the 300 options it could be before you arrive at it! :wink:

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