Music frames

Music frames display the music in your project in a specified order. You can control which parts of the project are displayed using master page music frames and layout music frames.

Both types of music frames display the music and notations you have input into the project according to their music frame selectors, such as filtering only selected players or flows.

Figure: A master page music frame

Master page music frames

Master page music frames exist only on master pages, meaning you can only input and edit master page music frames in the master page editor. They can only have master page frame chains assigned to them.

By default, the master pages in the master page sets provided by Dorico Pro include master page music frames with a single master page frame chain assigned to them. This frame chain is set to display all players in all flows in each layout. These master pages are set to apply to all pages in all layouts in your project by default according to the layout type.

You can input multiple master page music frames on a single master page, and change their size and shape to whatever you want. If you want to connect separate master page music frames on the same page, you can assign the same frame chain to them.

Layout music frames

Layout music frames exist only on individual pages in layouts, meaning you can only input and edit layout music frames in individual layouts in the music area. Layout music frames can have both master page and layout frame chains assigned to them. However, assigning a master page frame chain to a layout frame does not affect the master page.

You can input multiple layout music frames on a single page, and change their size and shape to whatever you want. For example, layout music frames allow you to insert small musical excerpts from a different flow within footnotes or in an index.

If you want to connect separate layout music frames on the same page, you can assign the same frame chain to them.

Important

Layout music frames are considered overrides to master pages. If you remove all overrides on layout pages, all your layout music frames are also removed.

Identifying master page music frames and layout music frames

To differentiate between master page music frames and layout music frames, you can check the following:

  • Flow and player selectors: On individual pages in layouts, master page music frames never allow you to change the selection of flows or players. Those selectors are grayed out because they can only be edited on master pages in the master page editor.

    Figure: Flow and player selectors grayed out on a master page music frame

  • Frame chains: Frame chains assigned to layout music frames start with an L by default. Frame chains assigned to master page music frames start with an M by default.