Adding percussion legends to five-line staff kit presentations

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Dorico Pro
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5.1
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You can add percussion legends at specific rhythmic positions to indicate the instruments in the kit. Percussion legends can show all instruments in the kit or only instruments sounding within the specified range.

Note

Percussion legends only appear when kits use the five-line staff percussion kit presentation type and in the layout in which they were added. If you want to show percussion legends in multiple layouts, you must add them in each layout.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select one of the following:

    • An item on the staff at the rhythmic position where you want to add a percussion legend for all instruments.

    • The range of notes/items for which you want to show a percussion legend for sounding instruments.

  2. Add a percussion legend in one of the following ways:

    • Choose Edit > Notations > Percussion > Legend for All Instruments.

    • Choose Edit > Notations > Percussion > Legend for Sounding Instruments.

    Tip

    You can also choose these options from the context menu.

Result

A percussion legend is added to the kit. It appears above the staff when the kit uses the five-line staff presentation. It lists instruments, either all instruments or just instruments with notes within the selected range, in the order in which they appear in the five-line staff, from highest down to lowest.