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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.
Notations input
You can input many types of notations, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes and music. In Dorico Pro, notation is a broad term that includes many different items, including articulations, slurs, dynamics, and more.
Inputting chord symbols
You can input chord symbols using the chord symbols popover with the computer keyboard and any connected MIDI keyboard, both for all instruments or only for individual instruments. You can also open the chord symbols popover during note input; however, inputting a chord symbol stops note input.
Chord symbol input options for MIDI keyboards
There are different possible settings for how Dorico Pro interprets the notes you press on your MIDI keyboard when inputting chord symbols.

Chord symbol input options for MIDI keyboards

There are different possible settings for how Dorico Pro interprets the notes you press on your MIDI keyboard when inputting chord symbols.

On the Chord Symbols page in Note Input Options, the available options include:

Whether you want Dorico Pro to consider the inversion in which you play a given chord, or write the chord symbol as if it had been played in root position
Whether you want Dorico Pro to notate omissions. For example, if you play C and E, it could be notated as “C” or “C(omit5)”
How you want Dorico Pro to notate added notes and suspensions
How you want Dorico Pro to handle complex enharmonic relationships between roots and altered bass notes

On the MIDI Input page in Note Input Options, the available options include disabling chord symbol input from MIDI keyboards and the default navigation behavior.