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🎬 This article is a transcription of one of the excellent tutorial videos posted to the official Dorico YouTube channel.
Presented here in written form with the kind permission of its creator, Anthony Hughes, this tutorial is titled “Adding Staves to Instruments in Dorico Pro 2″…
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🎬 This article is a transcription of one of the excellent tutorial videos posted to the official Dorico YouTube channel.
Presented here in written form with the kind permission of its creator, Anthony Hughes, this tutorial is titled “How to Display your projects using a handwritten Style in Dorico Pro 2″…
Lead Line Chord Notation, also referred to as Topline Notation is a shorthand notation convention that is sometimes used for rock, jazz and pop guitar or keyboard charts.
Lead Line / Topline notation is a good way to get the chord voicings you are looking for as a composer or arranger, particularly if you don’t actually play guitar (or piano); it allows you to specify melodic motion of the chords without having to supply details of voicings you may or may not know are practical (or possible) on that instrument.
To create this type of notation, visually, the stems are extended past the noteheads to show that the chords are voiced below (or above) the written lead notes. Here is an example:
Let’s take a look at a couple of different ways to create this type of notation in Finale.
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🎬 This article is a transcription of one of the excellent tutorial videos posted to the official Dorico YouTube channel.
Presented here in written form with the kind permission of its creator, Anthony Hughes, this tutorial is titled “How to Format Staff Labels in Dorico 2″…
more >> “How to Format Staff Labels in Dorico | Getting Started with Dorico 2”
Lead Line Chord Notation, also referred to as Topline Notation is a shorthand notation convention that is sometimes used for rock, jazz and pop guitar or keyboard charts.
Lead Line / Topline notation is a good way to get the chord voicings you are looking for as a composer or arranger, particularly if you don’t actually play guitar (or piano); it allows you to specify melodic motion of the chords without having to supply details of voicings you may or may not know are practical (or possible) on that instrument.
To create this type of notation, visually, the stems are extended past the noteheads to show that the chords are voiced below (or above) the written lead notes. Here is an example:
Let’s take a look at how to create this type of notation in Sibelius.
more >> “Create Lead / Top Line Chord Notation for Rock, Jazz & Pop Charts in Sibelius”
🎬 This article is a transcription of one of the excellent tutorial videos posted to the official Dorico YouTube channel.
Presented here in written form with the kind permission of its creator, Anthony Hughes, this tutorial is titled “How to Add Swing to Playback in Dorico | Getting Started with Dorico 2″…
more >> “How to Add Swing to Playback in Dorico | Getting Started with Dorico 2”
🎬 This article is a transcription of one of the excellent tutorial videos posted to the official Dorico YouTube channel. It may be used as a companion study guide for the video tutorial, or as a stand-alone how-to.
Presented here in written form with the kind permission of its creator, Anthony Hughes, this tutorial is titled “Erase Background of Dynamics and Playing Techniques in Dorico Pro 2″…
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