LIVE, ONLINE COURSE
Finale to Dorico:
FUNDAMENTALS
Your music matters. Roll up your sleeves and join John Hinchey for a series of project-oriented, interactive workshops covering best practices for transitioning to Dorico. Join us and transform your approach to learning music notation.
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INTERACTIVE LEARNING
4 Live Intensives in 4 Weeks
Experience a dynamic learning environment where you can apply your knowledge in real-time. Say goodbye to abstract lessons and hello to practical projects that enhance your skills!
EXPERT GUIDANCE
A Seasoned Pro
Benefit from the insights of John Hinchey, a seasoned arranger, orchestrator and instructor, who will guide you through every step of the Dorico journey, ensuring you master the ins and out of Dorico.
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Dedicated Slack Channel
Work on your projects alongside fellow professional musicians, sharing ideas, questions and feedback in the dedicated Slack channel as you develop your Dorico chops. Transform your approach to music notation!
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Meet Your Instructor
I’m John Hinchey, your instructor. Aside from being a professional musician, composer and arranger, over the past 25 years I’ve been a beta tester for both Dorico and Sibelius. I’ve created a multitude of tutorials and have consulted with professional musicians one-on-one regarding best practices for using music notation software. I’ve led multiple Sibelius and Dorico webinars for ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers) and have a Sibelius video training available on Notation Central.
Now it’s your turn!
Course Overview
Course Objective:
Create Beautiful Scores with Confidence
In this engaging course, you won’t just learn the basics of Dorico music notation software — you’ll dive right into the exciting process of notating an actual score! Whether you’re working with vocals, a rhythm section, or a small horn ensemble, you’ll gain hands-on experience that makes learning fun and effective.
Week One…
Beginnings
We start with an introduction to the Dorico interface, Finale to Dorico equivalents, similarities and differences, and an introduction to Dorico concepts.
Week Two…
Tools and Features
Week Two will focus, among other things, on vocal and instrumental staves, lines and symbols (where are they, anyway?), workflow tips for notation and orchestration, cueing, chord symbols and parts, slash notation, Lower Zone, and more. Get ready!
Week Three…
Formatting
We’ll get serious about score and part layout: document setup in layout options, the engrave workspace, understanding frames, working with text tokens, editing in Write vs. Engrave mode, and page templates.
Let’s not forget about all of the Library menu features too: engraving options, layout options, notation options, note input options, an introduction to the Library Manager… and more!
Week Four…
Putting It All Together
In the final session, we’ll get more deeply into the Play Workspace with playback templates, third-party virtual instruments, mixing sound libraries, mixer tips and inserts, key editor for playback and tweaking, and audio demo export.
The Print Workspace is also vital to understand, so you’ll learn about real-world output, printing to printer, PDF export, file organization workflow and footer setup so your score aptly reflects your professionalism and talent.
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