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.
Instruments
In Dorico Pro, an instrument is an individual musical instrument, such as a piano, a flute, or a violin. Human voices, such as soprano or tenor, are also considered instruments.
Capos
Capos are devices that performers clamp onto the necks of fretted instruments to depress strings at a single fret position. This raises the sounding pitch of open strings affected by the capo, allowing performers to use the same fingerings and chord shapes but produce higher pitches.
Adding capos to fretted instruments
You can add capos to individual fretted instruments. This affects the pitches shown on tablature for the corresponding instruments, as Dorico Pro treats capos as fret 0. For example, if each flow in a project for guitar requires a capo at a different fret, you might add multiple players, each holding a guitar instrument with the required capo.
Capo Definition dialog
The Capo Definition dialog allows you to add full and partial capos to fretted instruments.

Capo Definition dialog

The Capo Definition dialog allows you to add full and partial capos to fretted instruments.

You can open the Capo Definition dialog from inside the Edit Strings and Tuning dialog by clicking Capo in the Capo section.

The Capo Definition dialog contains the following options:

Capo

Allows you to choose one of the following capo types:

Fret

Allows you to change the fret position of the capo.

From string [n] to [n]

Allows you to set the first and last strings across which the capo extends. Only available when Partial Capo is chosen for Capo.