How To Learn A New Notation Software (Dorico First Steps)

Today I'm showing you how I suggest you learn a new notation software using the example of going from Finale to Dorico. Be sure to enter to win a free license to Dorico Pro 5!
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[@davidledgerwood6996]

I have used Finale for 30+ years and just purchased Dorico from Finale 27. I am a retired Theory/Composition Prof who teaches composing/arranging one day a week and arranges and composes music for choir, piano, and strings. Thanks for your helpful video.

[@ilyalevinson9614]

Done! I started to use Finale from version 1; will use Dorico now for all my composing /scoring/teaching, and arranging needs.

[@marceljanssen7830]

Done! I am (was) a Finale 27 user but I'm blown away by the power of Dorico. I'd use it to compose and arrange. Mainly Oktoberfest Music

[@megalotone]

Done! I compose for whatever comes along. Band, orchestra, pop music, video games, film scoring. I’d like to use it particularly for film scoring… it would be a huge upgrade!

[@jo50viool]

I am a Finale user for over 30 years, and used it to create and engrave scores for various purposes, folk mainly, but also for cimbalom (we just finished a booklet with scores from Hungarian composers starting from hand-written original scores). It was very demanding and I intend to take one of these as a learning step for getting acquainted with Dorico Pro 5. We will see how that goes. Thanks for this intro video. I will ofcourse follow also the Dorico learning videos.

[@chaseledet561]

Done! I intend to use Dorico for orchestra parts in original music at my church, composing short film scores, and marching band music.

[@jenleelind]

Done! I'm a long-time Finale user, and I arrange mostly for orchestra and other large ensembles. Definitely will be learning Dorico this fall, and hoping it will solve some of my Finale frustrations with layout collisions and extracting parts. Also, your website looks great!

[@Pacoleo6]

Done! I will use it to write a little bit of everything.

[@joa.barrera]

Done! I'm a latin american student of music composition who wants to make choral arrangements of folk music as well as contemporary compositions. I'm sooo into engraving, music notation and musical software in general, so I'd really like to deep dive in this app. Great video as always!:)

[@AlessandroMallegni]

Done! I will use it to compose music for films, but also to arrange and orchestrate the rest of my music! :D

[@bonuebonue]

Done! I would use Dorico for professional scoring of arrangements and theatrical pieces.

[@anamariafrancoquintero]

Done!!! I'll use it to score shortfilms❤

[@TristanStoutenburg]

Done! I have been learning how to compose, mainly just doing little 15 second sketches for 3-4 instruments. I also want to hand transcribe some of the music that we sing at church. Most of it is translated from Greek, so it would be nice to iron out some of the places where the music feels clunky in the English language. I’m also interested in scripting, as I am a software engineer and the fact that Dorico uses Lua sounds super cool.

[@RBBlackstone]

Done. Church and studio charts.

[@jazzieman]

Done! I’d like to use it for arrangements and composition in my church. As a worship leader i’ve been using finale for more than 20 years. I Would like to move to Dorico.

[@kevinballard2318]

I will use Dorico Pro for choral and instrumental arrangements that I will use as a professional church musician. I have been a Finale user.

[@JoloraB]

Done. I am a 63-year old, legally blind trumperer and arranger. I use Finale (for 35 years) primarily to refactor and expplode orchestral trumpet parts so that I can read them. This typically turns a 4-page trumpet part into about 18 to 20 pages. I read them via PDF on a 16-inch 2-in-1 laptop, so I factor them onto pages of 8.5 x 13.5 so that they fill the laptop nicely in portrait mode. I also use it to create arrangements for orchestra, concert band, brass quintet, and handbell choir. Switching to Dorico would, I believe, be my best option going forward. Nice job on the video, Ernesto! I look forward to seeing your other work.

[@telamaes]

Done! I'd use it to compose and arrange.

[@AngelStarArt]

patience is key practice is necessary. 🤘. Greate Video!!!

[@FrankllyThallyson]

Done! I would use Dorico to make profissional orchestral soundtracks and music arragements.

[@pchantrill]

Done.looking to compose more.

[@alesssos]

Let’s gooooo 🙌

[@noahperc]

Done! I used finale regularly for my graduate assistant work at TAMUC. From my duties as the marching percussion instructor to the director of steel bands, it’s a vital tool for my every day workload. Having a Dorico license would take a lot of worry out of the future of my master’s (and ultimately doctoral) studies because I know I’ll have a more reliable and updated product to use for my teaching and arranging.

[@jennifermadden3995]

Done. I want to use Dorico to write out music for my violin and guitar

[@roger.jenchieh]

Done! Great video Ernesto! I use Dorico to engrave hymnals and arrange sacred music for my church mainly. If I got the free Dorico license I can share it with my best pal and bring him/she into the wonderful Doricoland! Thank you!

[@dougarrington1727]

Done. Barbershop quartet music.

[@musimedmusi8736]

Wonderfully sensible advice

[@yourlocaldrumaddict]

Done! I write marching band shows on Musescore. The percussion is fine, but the brass and winds sound terrible. If I win I think the flows on Dorico would be really nice so I don't have to make many scores for one project. I also plan to get into writing for orchestra, and it would be really nice to start on Dorico.

[@brycehughes]

Done! I’d use it to better engrave the music I right!

[@yun-chenchou8119]

Done! I’d like to use it for arranging percussion ensemble music, transcriptions, and more!

[@davidkuhn2808]

Done! I would use Dorico to transcribe my handwritten compositions, to arrange for various ensembles and to create professional looking scores for other people

[@franciscoxavierfernandez]

Great work!

[@drlluc]

done!

[@erniebiggs8343]

All you guys promoting Dorico to Finale users assume it is for writing new music however in reality it will be for editing their XML files. To me Dorico doesn't like it if you try to change or edit something it puts in the music. Starting a new piece isn't the same as editing an XML to make it look like my original Finale file.

[@ErnestoComposer]

As I mention in the video, learning Dorico first before you try reformatting your projects from XML will make it a more manageable process. There are too many things that can get lost in translation from one to another that makes it look like a jumbled mess and it'll be overwhelming to manage. Learn Dorico well enough first so you know what you're looking at and know how to fix it when you import your files. Hope that helps!

[@erniebiggs8343]

@@ErnestoComposer no it doesn’t because there is a vast difference between original and a fully complete score. I don’t have any problem starting something and let Dorico do its thing.