Table of Contents
Write mode
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Instrument filters
Instrument filters allow you to show only the staves of selected instruments in galley view in Write mode. This can be useful in large projects when you want to focus on a specific set of instruments, such as only the woodwinds or strings.
Adding instrument filters
You can add any number of instrument filters to each layout independently.

Adding instrument filters

You can add any number of instrument filters to each layout independently.

Prerequisite

You are in galley view.
The instrument filter overlay is shown.

Procedure

In Write mode, open the layout to which you want to add instrument filters.
Select at least one item belonging to each instrument you want to include in the instrument filter.
In the instrument filter overlay, click Add Instrument Filter .

Result

A new instrument filter containing the selected instruments is added to the layout open in the music area. Dorico Pro automatically activates instrument filters in the layout and selects the new instrument filter.

Tip

You can also add, edit, and delete instrument filters in the Manage Instrument Filters dialog.
You can assign key commands for up to ten instrument filter presets on the Key Commands page in Preferences. The instruments filtered by these commands vary in each layout and project.