Build a Big Band | Discover Dorico

Hey hep cats and groovy kittens. Doit be a square and fall behind, plop yourself down and chill for the latest scoop on big band writin' in Dorico.
Pick up all the tips 'n' tricks you need for this style and be sound (playback) - you dig?

Be there or be a shape with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

(Now re-read all of the above in a British accent.)

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - *Tailwind by Stan Martin*
3:20 - Dorico Resources including links to fonts
4:50 - Big Band template and options from the Hub
7:40 - Changing the music font
8:30 - Duplicate player shortcut/key command
9:20 - Adding instruments using the ensemble builder
10:45 - Removing/Adding Flow headings
11:25 - Instrument choices e.g. Baritone sax clefs
12:20 - Editing instrument names
12:40 - Clef and transposition overrides
15:55 - Editing the page template
17:30 - Changing text fonts and sizes
17:55 - Adding title, composer and other project information
18:40 - Turn off signposts
19:55 - Adding tempo marking
20:10 - Displaying bar numbers above bars

Saxophones
20:40 - Various note input options
23:00 - Paste articulations
23:30 - Multi-instrument note input (extend caret)
24:40 - Duplicate to staff below
24:50 - Lock durations

Trumpets & Trombones
25:20 - Multi-caret input (for four trumpets)
26:00 - Adding dynamics
26:45 - Extend caret and lock durations

Rhythm section
27:45 - Using instrument filters
29:00 - 8ve octave lines
29:18 - jazz articulations (scoops, bends etc)
30:40 - Piano part
31:45 - Chord symbols
32:20 - Changing which instruments have chords displayed
33:15 - Bass guitar part
34:20 - Drum part
36:45 - Adding a slash region
38:15 - Drum hits/rhythm slashes above staff (using cues)
45:20 - Extra drum kit just for playback

49:07 - Slashes in the piano/keyboard part
49:45 - Removing one of the keyboard staves
50:25 - Copying notes as slash voice

51:47 - Numbered bar region
52:35 - Boxed text
55:20 - Repeat endings and other barline types
58:04 - Local and global properties (between score and parts)
59:00 - Options for chord symbols
59:12 - Rehearsal marks as bar numbers
59:35 - Fixed 4-bars per system - casting off
1:00:01 - Moving one bar between systems

Playback
1:00:45 - NotePerformer
1:02:38 - NotePerformer with HSO/HSSE piano and drums
1:03:40 - Dorico default sounds
1:04:35 - Playback options tweaked for NotePerformer
1:05:10 - Garritan Jazz and Big Band
1:06:50 - Broadway Big Band (Fable Sounds)
1:11:20 - Vintage Big Band (Big Fish Audio)
1:15:15 - Vintage Horns 2 (Big Fish Audio)

1:19:40 - Incorrect information about techniques for Broadway Big Band, sorry!
The playback template now includes the correct techniques for alto 2, trumpet 2-4 etc with the correct settings from the Fable library.

1:22:38 - Comments and questions

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[certifiedmemer]

You're blessed with the gift of Tutorialism!

[GregSimon]

It is amazing how quickly you can enter music with Dorico once you get the key commands memorized. It's like speed typing. Really great product.

[arthurneeman]

Brilliant video! Not only for learning many little things in Dorico, but also how music in other genres is made. Thank you, John!

[soundtreks]

Just re watching this and picked up some more excellent tips. John, you are the MVP for Steinberg. :)

[kencory]

Nice to get these little tricks, even though I'm not writing for big band. I'm interested in combo writing, in particular Motown .

[entysax]

very useful session - great reminder of lots of features (not just relevant to big band).

[ClaudeWernerMusic]

You should also consider WARPIV, which is possibly the most comprehensive of them all. Also giving you a like for the brilliant video description! 😂

[douglashazelrigg]

I'm completely confused on the Clef Overrides function. I typically compose with Baritone Sax in Bass Clef -- isn't that what most people do? To make it easier to compare with the Upright and Bass Trombone? But sometimes I want to see it in Treble Clef, especially in a layout consisting of just the saxes. If I manually change the clef to Treble, all the notes are WAY below the staff (I have the intsrument set so written Middle C-4 sounds like E-flat 2). I've messed around with the overrides but nothing ever seems to change in any of the layouts. What am I missing?

[rogerlewis]

What is the font closest to the Clinton Roemer (THE ART OF MUSIC COPYING) method?

[charlespillow]

I'm a Dorico user and these videos are extremely helpful, Thank you. I bought Note Performer and I'm very happy with the orchestral sounds, but not so much for the jazz/big band sounds. If I were to by Broadway Big Band, will it run through Note Performer or is it running on it's own platform?

[robgellner]

I can not find the boxed text option in paragraph section. It doesnt match what is being presented which is weird. Anyone know why its not in my version? I have the latest version of Dorico

[douglashazelrigg]

I can't figure out how to add the text "Solo" to a player (in this case trumpet) so that the parts for the other players indicate it. If I use Shift+X I can insert the text, but the other players' parts aren't indicating this. I do recall there's local and then global text -- ???

[homeofcreation]

If you can do a session on how to get Kontakt instruments to properly work with Dorico playing techniques and articulations, you'll make me very happy.

[PatAutrey]

So I have the complete east-west subscription how do I get that to work with dorico

[cipriancornita]

Thanks for this video. I am very excited about what we discover through you in this program. I have a question? I used the mordant in ornaments...it is written graphically but in play I can't hear it! The same thing happens with the ornamental joints in the jazz section. What can we do to hear in play? Thanks!

[kevintangney]

What's your name so I can find you in the Dorico forums?

[Salsuero]

I don't know a single composer or arranger who writes "Bari." as an abbreviation of Baritone. Bari Sax is always just fine. Or Baritone Sax if you prefer. But I've NEVER seen Bari. Sax and I would think that person a psychopath if I ever did see it.