Getting started with Note input in Dorico

Start the project

• To start a new project press Ctrl + N (Windows) Cmd + N (Mac)

Project setup & Vocal line

• To add a new solo player press Shift + P then type lead and press Enter (or click the add
button).
• Double-click on the staff between the clef and the rest (this will take you straight into Write
mode and turn the caret on)
• To enter the time signature / meter press Shift + M for the
meter popover and in the popover press C for common time
and press Enter.
• To enter the key signature press Shift + K for the key
signatures popover and then press e and press Enter
(lowercase i.e. e = minor, uppercase i.e. Shift + E = major) Figure 1

Note: The note durations shortcuts are the numbers across the top of your computer keyboard.
Bigger numbers are longer durations, and smaller numbers are shorter.
We’ll be using: 7 = half note; 6 = quarter note; and 5 = eighth note.
. (full stop) makes any of those durations dotted in length and the letters A-G on your keyboard are the
pitches of the notes. We’ll also be using T as the shortcut for tied notes in some cases.

• To enter the tempo press Shift + T for the tempo popover, type 6 = 140 (where 6 = quarter
note) or simply type e.g. con moto and press Enter.

Now enter the following:

• Making sure you still have the caret visible, to enter a half note with pitch E tied to an eighth
note press 7 E T 5 E
• To move the note up an octave press Ctrl + Alt + up arrow (Windows) Cmd + Alt + up arrow
(Mac)
• Continue with eighth notes D C by pressing D C
• Press 6 to change the note duration to quarter notes and then press E D C B to enter those
notes.
• Press 5 to change the note duration to eighth notes and then press G A B to enter those
notes, and then finish by pressing 6 for a quarter note and press G.
• Press Enter to turn the caret line off.

It should now look like this:

If you want to change the tempo, select the current tempo marking and press Ctrl + 8 (Windows) Cmd
+ 8 (Mac) to open the properties panel at the bottom of the screen and edit the tempo or text.

Playback
To listen to the project at any point, you can use any of the following options:
• Select and note and press P to start playback from that location
• Spacebar will start and stop playback from the current play position
• Shift + Spacebar will start playback from the last start position (to re-play a section)
• Shift + Alt + Spacebar will start playback from the start of the current flow

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Now please choose one of the following columns
Vocal harmony on same staff
• To enter the vocal harmony line on the
existing staff, double-click at the start
of the line, or select the first note and
press Enter
• Press Shift + V to create a new ‘voice’
or rhythm line on that staff. (Note that
in future you can just press V to toggle
between the available voices.)
Enter the following:
• To enter a half note C tied to an eighth
note press 7 C T 5 C
• Continue entering eighth notes by
pressing B A
• Change the note duration to quarter
notes by pressing 6 and then press C
BAG
• Change the note duration to eighth
notes by pressing 5 and then press E
F G (you won’t need to specifically
type the F#s as it’s in the key
signature, just type F)
• Press 6 to change the note duration to
quarter note again and then press E
• Press Enter to turn off the caret
As the harmony is very similar in this
example you could also have selected
the original notes, copied them and
then use Edit > Paste in Voice > New
down-stem voice. Then while the
notes are still selected simply press Alt
+ down arrow twice to move the notes
diatonically.
Lyrics
• To enter the lyrics, select the first note and then press Shift + L and the lyrics popover will
appear.
• Type in the lyrics, using Spacebar or hyphen - to move on to the next note. If you make a
mistake you can use backspace or navigate between words using the left and right arrow
keys.
If you’d like a lyric suggestion that fits the notes, try this (splitting the syllables with hyphens):
I do like lo-rem ip-sum when wri-ting text
It will then look like this:
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Vocal harmony - separate part
• To enter the vocal harmony line for a
separate player, press Ctrl + 1
(Windows) Cmd + 1 (Mac) to change
to Setup mode
• Press Shift + P for a new player, type
Lead and press Enter
• Press Ctrl + 2 (Windows) Cmd + 2
(Mac) to change to Write mode
• Select the notes you have already
entered for Lead 1 by selecting the
first note or bar and then Shift +
select the last note
• To copy the notes Alt + click in the
first bar and beat of the new Lead 2
part
• In the Lead 2 part, select the first note
and press Enter to start the caret
• Press L to turn on Lock Duration
• Enter the new pitches by simply
pressing C B A C B A G E F G E
(you won’t need to specifically type the
F#s as it’s in the key signature, just
type F.)
As the harmony is very similar in this
example, after the pasting the music
into Lead 2, while the notes are still
selected simply press Alt + down
arrow twice to move the notes
diatonically.
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String Section
Now create the string players.
• Press Ctrl+ 1 (Windows) Cmd + 1 (Mac) to change to Setup Mode
• Press Shift + P to add a new player, type violin and press Enter
• Repeat to add a second violin, a viola and a cello (note that the violins will automatically be
numbered) and then press Ctrl + 2 (Windows) Cmd + 2 (Mac) to change back to Write Mode

Violin 1
• Switch to Galley view using View > Galley View or shortcut Ctrl + Alt + 2 (Windows) Cmd +
Alt + 2 (Mac) so that all the music will be entered in one continuous system of music.
• Double-click at the start of the Violin 1 part, or select the first bar / rest and press Enter to
start the caret
• The ‘dot’ or full stop key is the rhythm dot, so press 8 G T G T 7 . G for two whole notes and a
dotted half note all tied together
• Press 5 A to enter an eighth note, then S to start entering a slur and then continue entering
eighth notes under the slur by pressing B G E F G A G F E
• Press Shift + S to end the slur and Enter to turn the caret line off

The Violin part should now look like this:

NB: You can also enter slurs by Cmd+selecting two notes (or select a range of notes) & then press S.

Violin 2
If you still have the last note of Violin 1 highlighted (in orange) simply press the down arrow to move
the selection to Violin 2 and then the left arrow a few times to move to the first rest in that part
• Press Enter to start the caret line
• Press 6 E E E E to enter four quarter notes
• Press Enter to stop the caret line
• Hold down Shift and press the left arrow three times to select all the notes, or if you prefer
selecting with a mouse, select all the notes in the first bar by clicking on the staff between any
of the notes (but not on any of the notes)
• Press R three times to create four bars of the same

Viola
As the last bar in Violin 2 is still selected, Shift + select bar 1 in that part. This will extend the
selection so that all four bars are selected.
• Alt + click on the Viola staff bar 1 beat 1 to copy the notes
• Select just the first viola note and press Enter to start the caret
• Press L to lock the note durations and then press C to enter the new pitch for two bars, and
then press B to enter the new pitch for two bars.
• Press Enter to turn off the note input caret.
• With your mouse select bar 1 of the Violin 2 part and shift + select bar 4 of the viola part.
Now press 5 to change all the quarter notes to eighth notes (separated with eighth note rests).
Note: You might want to experiment with what happens if you turn on Insert mode from the left-hand
panel (shortcut letter i) before you press 5, and see how that alters the notes and timing. Press Ctrl
+ Z (Windows) Cmd + Z (Mac) to undo.

Cello
As the last note in the Viola part is selected, use the down and left arrows to move to bar 1 beat 1 of
the cello part.
• Press Enter to start the caret
• Press 5 for eighth notes and then press the Spacebar to move the caret along by an eighth
note
• Press G A C T 7 C T 8 C
• Press 5 Spacebar B G E T 7 E T 8 E

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 • Press Enter to turn off the caret
To see how the piece is starting to look when laid out on a page, switch back
to Page view by pressing Ctrl + Alt + 1 (Windows) Cmd + Alt + 1 (Mac) or by using the View > Page
view menu.

You now have some options as to what you’d like to add to the piece.

Dynamics
To enter dynamics e.g. mf, with a note selected press Shift + D for the dynamics popover, type mf in
the popover and press Enter

Articulations
To add accents or staccatos use the four keys to the left of the Enter key i.e. [ for accents, ] for
staccato, ‘ for marcato and \ for tenuto. You will also see them in the left-hand panel in Write mode.
Select a note or notes and click on the button or use the shortcut.

Chord Symbols
To add chord symbols, select a note e.g. in the first Lead part and press Shift + Q. Then either type
e.g. C and Em on your QWERTY keyboard to enter chords above the relevant beats or simply play
the chords on a MIDI keyboard if you have one. You can move along to different beats using the
Spacebar or move along the rhythm grid using the arrow keys. For MIDI input options, see the Note
Input options by pressing Ctrl + Shift + I (Windows) Cmd + Shift + I (Mac) – the letter ‘i’ for Input.

Changing sounds
• To change the sound of the lead line from ‘Aah’ to flute or similar press Ctrl + 4 (Windows)
Cmd + 4 (Mac) to switch to Play mode
• From the VST Instrument rack in the right-hand panel click on the button to show the
HALion window
• In the left column of the HALion window, click on the dropdown symbol for slot 1 (to the right
of the Aah to Ooh Choir NoteExp sound)
• In the search area type ‘flute’ and double-click on Expressive Flute to load it into slot 1.
• Close the HALion window (it doesn’t need to be open to playback) and press Ctrl + 2
(Windows) Cmd + 2 (Mac) to return to Write mode.
Note: You can press F3 at any time to open / close the mixer and to manually adjust volume.

Your piece may now look something like this:

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 Note input Shift+N ⇧N
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 Dotted note input . .
 Clefs Shift+C ⇧C

 Cycle through number of dots Alt+. ⌥.

 Key Signatures Shift+K ⇧K

 Rest input , ,
 Time Signatures (Meter) Shift+M ⇧M  1  2  3

 Chord input Q Q
 Tempo Shift+T ⇧T

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 Dynamics Shift+D ⇧D

 Stop tuplet : :
 Ornaments Shift+O ⇧O  4  5  6

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 Insert mode I I
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 Playing Techniques Shift+P ⇧P

 Force durations  Cues (only in Pro) ⇧U

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O O Shift+U
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 Tie notes T T
 Markers Shift+Alt+M ⌥⇧M

 Scissor tool U U
 Rehearsal Marks Shift+A ⇧A

 New voice Shift+V ⇧V

 Text Shift+X ⇧X Input nearest pitch A-G A-G

 Switch voice V V System Text Shift+Alt+X ⌥⇧X Input pitch above Shift+Alt+A-G ⌥⇧A-G

 New slash voice Shift+Alt+V ⌥⇧V

 Lyrics Shift+L ⇧L Input pitch below Ctrl+Alt+A-G ⌃A-G

 Start slur S S
 Chord Symbols Shift+Q ⇧Q

 Stop slur Shift+S ⇧S

 Fingering Shift+F ⇧F

 Crescendo < <

 Intervals and Transposition Shift+I ⇧I
 [  ]  {  }
 Decrescendo > >

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 PROJECT KEYPAD TRANSPORT CONTROLS
? Help F1 ⌘/
New Project Ctrl+N ⌘N
 Note durations 1-9 1-9
 Transport F2 F2
Open Project Ctrl+O ⌘O

Save Project Ctrl+S ⌘S

 Play from Playhead Enter ⌅
 Mixer F3 F3

Save As Ctrl+Shift+S ⇧⌘S  Stop 0 0

 Video F4 F4

Close Project Ctrl+Shift+W ⇧⌘W  Return to Start of Flow . DEL .

New Tab Ctrl+T ⌘T
 Rewind - - PANELS
⌘W
 Fast-forward
Close Tab Ctrl+W
+ +
 Show/hide toolbar Ctrl+6 ⌘6

 Show/hide left panel Ctrl+7 ⌘7

NAVIGATION, SELECTION AND EDITING PLAYBACK AND RECORDING

 Show/hide bottom panel Ctrl+8 ⌘8

Navigate notes or music items ,,, ,,,  Play from Playhead/Stop Space Space
 Show/hide right panel Ctrl+9 ⌘9
Extend selection Shift+,,, ⇧,,, ⇧Space
 Show/hide all panels
Play from Last Start Position Shift+Space
Ctrl+0 ⌘0
Select All Ctrl+A ⌘A

Select More Ctrl+Shift+A ⇧⌘A  Play from Selection P P

Play from Start of Flow Shift+Alt+Space ⌥⇧Space MODES

Deselect Ctrl+D ⌘D
⌥P Setup Ctrl+1 ⌘1
Move note or item left or right Alt+, ⌥, Move Playhead to Selection Alt+P
Ctrl+2 ⌘2

Write
Move pitch up or down (diatonic) Alt+, ⌥ ,  Record Ctrl+R ⌘R
Engrave (only in Pro) Ctrl+3 ⌘3
Move pitch up or down (octave) Ctrl+Alt+, ⌥⌘,
Retrospective Record Ctrl+Alt+R ⌥⌘R
Play Ctrl+4 ⌘4
Move pitch up or down (chromatic) Shift+Alt+, ⇧⌥,

Respell using note above or below Alt+-, Alt+= ⌥-, ⌥= Print Ctrl+5 ⌘5
WORKING IN DORICO
Shorten or lengthen by grid duration Shift+Alt+, ⌥⇧,

Decrease or increase grid resolution Alt+[, Alt+] ⌥[, ⌥]  Preferences Ctrl+, ⌘,

SETUP MODE
Page View Ctrl+Alt+1 ⌥⌘1
Cross to Stave Above or Below N, M N, M
Galley View Ctrl+Alt+2 ⌥⌘2  Add Solo Player Shift+P ⇧P
Move to Stave Above or Below Alt+N, Alt+M ⌥N, ⌥M
 Zoom Dialog Alt+Z ⌥Z  Add Section Player Shift+Alt+P ⌥⇧P

⇧I
 Zoom In Z or Ctrl+= Z or ⌘= Add Instrument to Player Shift+I

OPTIONS  Zoom Out X or Ctrl+- X or ⌘-

Layout Options Ctrl+Shift+L ⇧⌘L  Next Layout Shift+Alt+] ⌥⇧]

ENGRAVE MODE (only in Pro)
Notation Options (only in Pro) Ctrl+Shift+N ⇧⌘N  Previous Layout Shift+Alt+[ ⌥⇧[
Move item graphically Alt+,,, ⌥,,,
Engraving Options (only in Pro) Ctrl+Shift+E ⇧⌘E  Counterpart Layout W W

Note Input Options (only in Pro) Ctrl+Shift+I ⇧⌘I Go to Bar Ctrl+G ⌘G  Create Frame Break Shift+F ⇧F

Playback Options (only in Pro) Ctrl+Shift+P ⇧⌘P  Show/Hide System Track Alt+T ⌥T  Create System Break Shift+S ⇧S
 Creating a Scales Worksheet in Dorico

Start the project

You should have been supplied with a file called ‘worksheet start file.dorico’ to start from. To start the
project either double-click on the file, press Ctrl + O (Windows) Cmd + O (Mac) to open an existing
project, or navigate to File > Open…
NB: This supplied project has some useful options already set such as a single instrument, turned off
the staff labels (in Layout Options > Staves and Systems), created a blank master page, and created
a music layout frame. Turn to the last page to see how the file was created and make your own.
• Firstly, navigate to File > Save As… so that any further saving does not over-write the original
file in case you want to use it again.
• Give your file a name such as ‘Scales worksheet’.

Creating text frames

• To create a text frame for the Name, Class and worksheet title press Ctrl + 3 (Windows) Cmd
+ 3 (Mac) to switch to Engrave mode.
• You will see the blue music frame that has already been created.
• In the top of the left-hand panel, click on the frames toggle so
that you can create and control frames.
• Click on the text frame button (the middle of the three buttons)
and then click and drag at the top of the page to create a green
text frame that starts on the left page margin and ends half-way
across the page. Figure 1: The frames switch and
buttons for creating a music, text
• Click on the text frame icon again and then click and drag-out or graphics frame respectively.
another text frame that starts in the centre and ends at the right
page margin.
• Create another text frame under the first two frames for the worksheet title. Make this frame
full-width across the top of the page as the Title paragraph style will be automatically centred
in a frame.

Resizing frames
When the frames switch is on you can use the mouse to drag the handles on the edge of any
frame to adjust its size. You can also use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate between
frames, then press the Tab key and use the arrow keys to navigate to each handle on a frame.
With a handle selected you can adjust the size of the frame using Alt + arrow keys or move in
larger jumps with Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys (Windows) Cmd + Alt + arrow keys (Mac).

Adding text
• Double-click in the top left text frame and type Name:
• Double-click in the top right text frame and type Class:
• Double-click in the full-width text frame and type the title
Scales Worksheet
• In the top left of the text tool set the paragraph style option to
Title as shown in figure 2 and then just click on a blank
space on the worksheet.
• You will now see the same as the figure 3, below. Figure 2: Text tool showing many
options

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 Figure 3: Progress so far.

• To add a border to a text frame, press Ctrl + 8 (Windows) Cmd + 8 (Mac) to open the
properties panel at the bottom of your screen.
• Select the Name: frame and in the properties panel tick the ‘Show border’ box. You’ll also
want to turn the Padding switch on and add 5 points of padding.
• Now select the Class: frame and do the same again with the border and padding and then
press Ctrl + 8 (Windows) Cmd + 8 (Mac) to close the properties panel.

Adding music
• Switch to Write mode by pressing Ctrl + 2 (Windows) Cmd + 2 (Mac)
• Select the rest and press Enter to turn on the caret to enter some notes – crotchet note length
should automatically be selected in the left panel, but press number 6 on your keyboard or
click on the crotchet icon in the left panel if it is not already selected.
• If you have a MIDI keyboard connected, play a scale of C. If you don’t have a MIDI
keyboard, simply press the letter C, optionally press Ctrl + Alt + down arrow (Windows) Cmd
+ Alt + down arrow (Mac) to switch octaves, and then letters D, E, F, G, A, B and C for the
rest of the scale.
• With the caret still active press Ctrl + B (Windows)
Cmd + B (Mac) for the bars popover and in the popover
Bars popover options: type single and then press Enter. This will enter a
single barline. (If you can find it on your keyboard you
For a single barline you can also type | can also type | or the pipe symbol for a single barline –
known as the vertical pipe symbol if see the Bars Popover Options for more choices.)
you can find it on your keyboard. • Now with the caret still active, play on your MIDI
For a double barline you can type keyboard or simply type C (optionally change octave
double or || again) and then E, G, C to finish the arpeggio.
• Now press Enter to turn off the caret line and you will
For a repeat barline you can type :| or have a scale and arpeggio of C.
|: or :||:
: for a dashed barline
‘ for a tick barline
, or short Figure 4: The
vertical pipe key on
|] or fin for final barline different keyboard
layouts

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Figure 5: Progress so far.

New key, new flow

• To create a new scale in the key of D, we’ll create a new flow so that it is an independent
section of music.
• Switch to Setup mode by pressing Ctrl + 1 (Windows) Cmd + 1 (Mac)
• Double-click on Flow 1 to rename it and simply call it C
• To create a new flow press Shift + F, or click on the + button in the lower panel to the right of
any existing flows.
• Double-click and rename Flow 2 – call it D.
• Switch to Engrave mode by pressing Ctrl + 3 (Windows) Cmd + 3 (Mac)
• Turn on the Frames switch if it isn’t already on and then use the first button to create a new
music frame – click and drag on the page to create it under the existing scale. (You might
want to leave some space under the existing flow to enter text or graphics later.)
• Dorico will automatically put your new flow called D into this music frame, but if you click on
the Flows filter (shown in figure 5) you can see that you could switch
and show any flow in this frame.
• Switch to Write mode by pressing Ctrl + 2 (Windows) Cmd + 2 (Mac)
• Select the rest in the new flow and then press Shift + K and enter D in
the popover for the new key.
• Press Enter to start note input with the caret line and type D, E, F, G, A,
B, C, D for the notes of the scale, then Shift + B for the bars popover
and as before type single in the popover and press Enter.
Figure 6: The flows
• Then type D, Ctrl + Alt + down arrow (Windows) Cmd + Alt + down filter.
arrow (Mac) if you want to switch octaves and then F, A, D to complete
the arpeggio. Press Enter to turn off the note input caret.
• If you wish you can now repeat this section and create new flows for new scales in new keys.

Now you decide

You could:
• Add more scales, each in its own frame.
• Reposition the frames in Engrave mode.
• Use the filters to switch keys in each music frame.
• Add text frames to ask the students to label each note – maybe use the Lyrics feature to add a
hyphen under each note and reposition the hyphens using Engraving Options Ctrl + Shift + E
(Windows) Cmd + Shift + E (Mac) in the Lyrics section. Tip: in the Lyrics popover use Alt +
Shift + _ to make a longer underscore and in Engraving Options set the minimum distance to
5 spaces or more.
• Add graphics and ask the students to draw a line from each note to the key on a piano.

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Here is a finished example showing some of the options you could choose.

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How the worksheet start file was created
If you want to create a worksheet from scratch there are some steps that you’ll want to do to turn off
some of the defaults when you start a new project in Dorico.
This is how the worksheet start file.dorico was created.
• Starting at the Dorico hub, press Ctrl + N (Windows) Cmd + N (Mac) to start a new project
• To add a new player press Shift + P, type e.g. flute and press Enter or the Add button
• To turn off the staff labels press Ctrl + Shift + L (Windows) Cmd + Shift + L (Mac) for the
Layout Options dialog. In the top left corner change the category to Staves and Systems and
then change the Staff labels for the first system and subsequent systems both to None.
Then press Apply and Close.

Editing Master Pages

Since with most worksheets you want to define exactly where the music is placed, we’ll create a blank
Master Frame to start from.
• Switch to Engrave mode by pressing Ctrl + 3 (Windows) Cmd + 3 (Mac)
• From the right-hand panel in the Master Pages section click on the + icon to create a new
Master Page.
• In the New Master Page dialog give it a name e.g. Blank and leave the Based on: as (None)
and the Type: as Custom and press OK.
• From the top of the right-hand panel in the Pages section, select page 1 and then right-click
on it and choose ‘Insert Master Page Change…’
• In the Insert Master Page Change dialog just change the Use master page: option to your new
Blank page and press OK.
You will now have a blank page to work on and can create your music frames.

Creating Music Layout Frames

• In the left-hand panel click on the Frames switch to enable Frame editing.
• Click on the Insert Music Frame button and then click and drag on the page to create a new
music layout frame labelled LA (L = layout and A = the first frame, the next one will be LB and
so on).
• Dorico will automatically insert the first flow, but you can use the filters if you want to choose
which flow or instrument to display in this music frame.
You can now add text and graphics frames as per the worksheet example above, or switch to Write
mode and start entering notes for your own worksheet.

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