User manual

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Adding instruments to players on page 112

Changing instruments on page 113

Signposts on page 315

Multiple simultaneous key signatures

You can have multiple key signatures simultaneously by inputting each one onto a single staff.

NOTE

You do not have to input multiple simultaneous key signatures if you have transposing

instruments in your score. Dorico SE handles instrument transpositions automatically.

You can check the transposition of transposing instruments by choosing Edit > Transposed

Pitch to see the music in your layout at written pitch rather than concert pitch.

Alternatively, you can open the individual part layout of a transposing instrument and compare it

to the full score.

RELATED LINKS

Input methods for key signatures on page 207

Positions of key signatures

Key signatures are positioned between clefs and time signatures by default, and are shown on

every staff that requires a key signature. They are not shown on staves for unpitched

instruments.

Key signatures are shown at the start of a piece and at the start of subsequent movements, even

if the music carries straight on and in the same key. Unlike time signatures, key signatures

appear at the start of every system, even if the key signature has not changed. They apply until

the end of the

ow or until the next key signature change, whichever comes rst.

The correct position for key signatures is between clefs and time signatures.

If a key signature change occurs during a piece or movement, it should be placed immediately

after a barline. It is customary to have a double barline where a key signature change takes

place, which is the default setting in Dorico SE.

Examples of key signatures positioned after double barlines

You can move key signatures to new rhythmic positions in Write mode. They are automatically

positioned correctly.