Entering a Symphony | Discover Dorico

This is a follow-along-type session starting from the default Empty template in Dorico, adding all the instruments and as many notes as possible (in the time of the session).  Learn tips and techniques for creating this type of music in Dorico, including using condensing, instrument types and options, and note entry options to maximise the speed of your workflow.

Starting with the public domain score available on IMSLP.org from the beginning of Mahler's Symphony 1 movement 4, how many bars can I get into Dorico in this session (whilst talking and telling you what I'm doing)?!

-- Session Details --
0:00 Intro
3:40 Starting from an empty project in the hub
5:45 Adding players using Add Ensemble (Shift-E)
6:28 Turn off the audio engine (quicker if no samples loading)
7:25 Adding players using Add Player (Shift-P)
7:50 Shortcut for duplicate player
8:30 Orchestral or manual ordering of players/instruments
10:03 Adding percussion with 5-line staves and notehead changes
11:50 Changing the percussion names to instrument names

-- Note entry --
16:55 Winds from bar 1
17:40 Changing slurs settings in Engraving Options
18:30 Duplicate to staff below shortcut
20:00 Dynamics in the middle of a tie chain
23:45 Changing the galley view gaps between staves (vertical spacing)

24:18 Brass from bar 1
28:15 Extend caret over multiple staves

29:00 Percussion from bar 1

31:28 Strings from bar 1
32:12 Tempo and Rehearsal marks

37:40 Winds from bar 8
39:46 Change dynamic intensity shortcut
40:07 Force duration for specific note values

41:04 Brass from bar 8
42:22 Unlinking dynamics

44:30 Percussion from bar 8
44:45 sempre ff dynamic

47:05 Strings from bar 9
50:53 molto cresc. text inside a hairpin

52:25 Chord input on bassoons with extended caret and MIDI keyboard

-- Condensing the staves/players --
55:53 Switching to page view and turning condensing on
56:20 Layout Options automatic condensing options
58:10 Manual Condensing options (oboes and horns etc)
59:30 Staff labels options

1:03:05 Here's one I made earlier

-- Playback --
At 1:03:25 we also looked at playback but with no manual tweaking, extra CC data or balancing for any specific library, all of which is possible and would make any of these examples sound better than they do here if that is important to you and you want to spend the time (as you would in a DAW).  These are just 'raw' examples of the defaults from the playback templates (see https://dorico.com/resources/)
1:03:45 HALion (Dorico default)
1:05:00 NotePerformer
1:06:45 VSL Synchronized Special Edition
1:09:45 Spitfire BBCSO Core
1:10:40 Rubiks Cube while waiting for samples to load...
1:13:30 Expression map tweak (turning off the string legato)
1:14:25 BBCSO Core playback

1:16:58 Quick piano reduction example
1:19:30 MIDI editing using the Key Editor
1:20:00 Questions taken from the chat

If you like this follow-along style, please let us know what style or piece you'd like us to consider for possible future sessions.

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