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Notation reference
Staff labels
Staff labels are used to identify staves in music containing multiple players, and are positioned to the left of systems, before the initial barline of each system. Staff labels indicate the instrument or instruments currently playing the music on the staff or staves to which they apply.
Instrument transpositions in staff labels
Instrument transpositions indicate the interval between the note an instrument plays and the sounding note produced. Transposing instruments, such as Horn in F and Clarinet in B♭, are commonly shown with their transposition, also known as their instrument pitch, as part of their instrument name or layout name.
Numbering instruments with different transpositions separately/together
You can change whether instruments are numbered separately or together in all staff labels project-wide when you have multiple instruments of the same type but with different transpositions, such as two Horns in F and two Horns in D. By default, Dorico Pro numbers instruments with different transpositions separately.

Numbering instruments with different transpositions separately/together

You can change whether instruments are numbered separately or together in all staff labels project-wide when you have multiple instruments of the same type but with different transpositions, such as two Horns in F and two Horns in D. By default, Dorico Pro numbers instruments with different transpositions separately.

Procedure

Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E to open Engraving Options.
Click Staff Labels in the category list.
In the Numbering subsection, choose one of the following options for Numbering for similar instruments with different transpositions:
- Number separately
- Number together
Click Apply, then Close.