This content is for an older version of Synfire. The current version is more streamlined and advanced, but most of the functionality shown here still exist.
Brief introduction to a powerful micro-workflow that leverages the flexibility of moving containers (loaded with parameters, but no figures) around in an arrangement to achieve non-destructive phrase editing.
It's short and simple, but you may get the idea how this also works for multiple instruments. Once you finished a part like this, you would group the stuff in a container and collapse it, to no longer get distracted by the details once you move on with your project.