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Write mode
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Notations input
You can input many types of notations, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes. In Dorico Pro, notation is a broad term that includes many different items, including articulations, slurs, dynamics, and more.
Input methods for chord symbols
You can input chord symbols in Dorico Pro with the computer keyboard and any connected MIDI keyboard.
Inputting polychord chord symbols
Polychord chord symbols indicate that multiple different chords, commonly two, are played simultaneously. You can input polychords when inputting chord symbols with a MIDI keyboard.

Inputting polychord chord symbols

Polychord chord symbols indicate that multiple different chords, commonly two, are played simultaneously. You can input polychords when inputting chord symbols with a MIDI keyboard.

Procedure

In Write mode, open the chord symbols popover.
Play the first chord of the polychord with one hand.

Keep the keys of the first chord depressed.
Play the second chord with the other hand.

Result

The two chords you played are input as a polychord chord symbol.

Tip

You can also input polychords by entering the two chords separated by a semicolon or pipe character into the chord symbols popover.