Defining percussion kits as drum sets

Dorico Pro Help

Product
Dorico Pro
Version
5.1
Language
English
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You can define individual percussion kits as drum sets. Drum sets follow your per-flow notation options for voicing in drum sets with five-line staff presentations.

Procedure

  1. In Setup mode, in the Players panel, expand the card of the player holding the kit you want to define as a drum set.
  2. In the kit instrument label, click the instrument menu and choose Edit Percussion Kit to open the Edit Percussion Kit dialog.
  3. Activate Drum set in the top right of the dialog.
  4. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The selected percussion kit is defined as a drum set. The arrangement of voices for instruments in the kit when using the five-line staff presentation type follows your per-flow setting on the Percussion page in Notation Options.

Tip

If you no longer want a percussion kit to be defined as a drum set, you can deactivate Drum set in the Edit Percussion Kit dialog for that kit.