[solved ]Dorico 2 - Add a mouth percussion / rhythm section

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Hello all,

I have an acpalla piece (SAATB), which should start with 8 bars of rhythmically spoken, percussive words. How do I add 8 bars so that it looks like in this example?

Is that possible at all?

Any help appreciated :slight_smile:

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What do you think ?


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Honestly, it has not been really easy :wink:
I attach the file here (.zip added to fulfill the needs of the forum, just delete it to open it in dorico) if you want to have a close look at what Iā€™ve done.
essai parlando.dorico.zip (783 KB)

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Thanks. Iā€˜ll have a closer look when Iā€˜m back home. How would I add an instrument change? Iā€˜m quite new to Dorico, and itā€™s features are overwhelming :wink:

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You can ā€œgiveā€ as many instruments to a player as he/she can play. In setup mode, add instrument (I suggest you watch all the EXCELLENT and short videos from Anthony Hughes on the Youtube channel, it will make you earn a precious time). In galley view, fill the bars as needed, and Dorico will deal with the instrument changes.
Here I had to cheat on Dorico, especially for the Bass line, since thereā€™s nothing to sing at the beginning with the fake ā€œclavesā€ instrumentā€¦

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Thanks so much guys. So far I figured how to work with instrument changes. One last thing remains though: how do I force empty measures to show pauses? As you can see the last bar of the rhythm section for soprano and alto is already showing the normal treble clef. How can I prevent dorico from doing so? I want those bars to be empty and in the percussion style.

Oh, and is there away to hide the SSATB thatā€™s coming again with change to the treble clef? Sorry for asking such dumb questions, I searched a lot, watched a ton of videos, and yet I donā€™t seem to figure out these rather simple thingsā€¦

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Dear Pumpkin,
Your question is not simple at all, actually. I had to force Dorico to display the perc staff one bar more by inputting a whole note. Then I ā€œcoloredā€ that note with opacity at 0%, and input a whole bar using Shift-X, and by copy-paste from Browse the glyphs | SMuFL
Not sure my method is the best, but it does work.

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Thanks a lot Marc. Iā€™ll try that until thereā€™s an easier way to achieve that.