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Flows in Dorico

Flows are separate spans of music that are completely independent in musical content, for

example, a single song in an album, a movement in a sonata or symphony, a number in a stage

musical, or a short scale or sight-reading exercise of only a few bars in length. A single project

can contain any number of

ows.

Each ow can contain music for any combination of players, independently of other ows. For

example, brass players are often tacet in the second movements of Classical-period symphonies,

so you can remove brass players from the ow for the second movement but leave them in the

ows for other movements. In a set of cues for a movie, for example, specic players might not

be required in some cues, so the corresponding

ows can contain only those players who have

anything to play.

The correct assignment of players to ows allows Dorico SE, for example, to generate tacet

sheets automatically for individual instrumental parts.

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Flows on page 128

Tacets on page 348

Players in Dorico

In Dorico SE, a player can represent an individual musician or multiple musicians in the same

section. Players hold instruments, so you must add at least one player to your project before you

can add instruments.

● A solo player represents a single person who can play one or more instruments. For

example, a clarinettist who doubles on alto saxophone or a percussionist who plays bass

drum, clash cymbals, and triangle.

● A section player represents multiple people who all play the same instrument. For example,

a violin section player might represent all eight desks of the Violin I section in an orchestra,

or a soprano section player might represent the whole soprano section in a mixed voice

choir.

NOTE

Section players cannot double instruments, but they can play divisi. This means that they can

be divided into smaller units, which is commonly required for strings.

By using the concept of players, Dorico SE makes it much easier to handle, for example,

instrument changes, divisi, and condensing music for multiple players onto a smaller number of

staves.

You can also group players together, for example, to separate off-stage players from on-stage

players in a large-scale work. Grouping players together means they are positioned together in

the score, numbered independently of players outside the group, and are bracketed together

according to the ensemble type set for each layout.