LEARNING TO USE DORICO – SHARING MY NOTES

Musicians around the world were caught off guard when the makers of Finale music-writing software suddenly announced that they were ceasing production at the end of August. I’ve used Finale since around 2003/4 to typeset all my compositions. It will continue to work until the computer dies or an operating system upgrade creates a conflict, and Finale stops working.

Dorico is the new, recommended music typesetting software, created by a group of programmers who left the Finale team a few years ago. So, a new learning adventure has begun for composers and musicians who are starting to make the transition.

As I learn, I’m creating a set of Alphabetical, Quick-Reference notes. Because we’re all in this together, I’ve decided to share my notes with anyone who wants to use them. The notes are being updated frequently as I learn new things, so rather than printing them out and going through a lot of paper, you might want to bookmark the link, and use the latest version each time you use Dorico.

Feel free to share the link with anyone who might find them useful.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASYbNqxqchZXQflJ1X9U52cGeloQ_DPVdAyM5ZRfRfg/edit?usp=sharing