Two questions for writing an orchestral score in Dorico

[Christian_R]

@silvanloher

, the instrument names don’t show anymore, and after browsing the internet, it seems like there is no easy solution to this. At least when using a grit, it seems like there is a way when using a 5-line staff. As it is, in the full score the names of the different percussion instruments show at the beginning of each line, whereas in the part there is no text at all.

Hi @silvanloher, you have really many possibilities to manage the labelling of instruments, also in a grid:

• you can put the instruments names in the layout option (editing it in Setup mode>Layouts)

• you can activate Full and abbreviated staff labels for that particular layout

• you can use Percussion Legends (both as Sounding instruments or all instruments). They are also possible in grid view, but you need to activate that Option

[@Lillie_Harris, in the manual it seems that that relatively new option, Show percussion legends on grid, is not jet mentioned; only in the Version History]:

Here an overview of the possibilities:

Dorico file example:

percussion labelings.dorico (1.4 MB)