The projected end of Finale has caused many of us to contemplate switching to Dorico. Here are a few freebies that you might find helpful.
Dorico
Adding a Selective Damp to Dorico
As of this writing, Dorico doesn’t have the handbell community’s selective damp symbol. However, there’s a way to add one. Thanks to Dan Kreider at Dorico for showing me how! How to Add a Selective Damp to Dorico
Dorico project template
If you haven’t seen the news (as of August 2024), the FinaleMusic team has decided to sunset their music notation application. Don’t worry, it’ll work properly for a while yet; they just aren’t going to make more updates, and at some point will also end tech support. As I write this, a rather mad panic …
How to make a Dorico BUC
Last updated: 18 Feb 2025 – PDF procedure Long ago, Finale didn’t have a plugin for generating a BUC (Bells Used Chart, also HUC = Handbells Used Chart). That meant we quasi-prehistoric users typically made a spreadsheet on which to track the bells in the score and built the BUC by hand. Then along came …
The Squiggle
The Sk (shake) notation appears in several ways on a score: As the symbol Sk As the symbol Sk, with a squiggle extending to the right As a squiggle For the sake of clarity, the Sk should always be present. However, a lone Sk, with or without a squiggle, can appear ambiguous above a chord, …
