Table of Contents
Setup mode
Setup mode allows you to set up the fundamental elements of the project: instruments and the players that hold them, flows, layouts, and videos. You can also determine how they interact with each other, for example, by changing the players assigned to layouts.
Layouts
Layouts combine musical content, as represented by flows and players, with rules for page formatting and music engraving, and allow you to produce paginated music notation that can be printed or exported in various formats. For example, part layouts only include the music for that player whereas full score layouts contain all staves in the project.
Layouts with clef/transposition overrides
Default clef and transposition overrides allow you to assign the same player to multiple layouts and have its music appear with a different clef and/or transposition in each layout. Any changes you make to the player’s music are automatically updated in all layouts.

Layouts with clef/transposition overrides

Default clef and transposition overrides allow you to assign the same player to multiple layouts and have its music appear with a different clef and/or transposition in each layout. Any changes you make to the player’s music are automatically updated in all layouts.

It is a common requirement in pieces for wind/concert bands and ensembles with flexible instrumentation to produce multiple versions of the same part, each using a different transposition, such as B♭, A, and F. This allows performers playing instruments with different transpositions to play together.

Note

It is not necessary to specify clef and/or transposition overrides for single transposing instruments. Dorico Pro automatically transposes notes as appropriate for the instrument transposition, and you can select instruments with different transpositions and clefs by default in the instrument picker.