Changing the staff size for individual players - Dorico Elements

You can change the size of all staves belonging to individual players throughout each flow in the current layout only, independently other players’ staves. For example, piano accompaniment parts often include the solo instrument on a smaller staff.

You can change the size of staves to a set scale size, expressed as a percentage of the normal staff size in the layout, or set a custom scale.

Tip

If you want to change the staff size to represent an alternative version of a passage, you can instead add an ossia staff, which you can show for specific regions.

Prerequisite

If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

Select an item on the staff whose size you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.

Note
You can only change the size of a single staff at a time.
Choose Editand thenNotationsand thenStaff Sizeand then[Staff size]. You can also choose this option from the context menu.
Optional: If you chose Custom Staff Size, set the staff size in the Custom Staff Size dialog that opens.

Result

The size of all staves held by the selected player are changed throughout the whole flow in the current layout only.

This also works in combination with the other ways of changing the staff size, such as changing the size of all staves in the layout or changing the size of staves from specific system/frame breaks.

Note

The size of system-attached items with font styles set to Staff-relative is determined by the staff size of the staves below them. Font styles that are set to Absolute are unaffected by staff size.

Example

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