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IanRobo75

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I'm writing for brass band where, for example, the tenor horns are an Eb instrument.
I can add a 'horn' instrument but it's a horn in F, so the transposing score view assumes F.
Is there a way to change the pitch of an instrument in Staffpad?
I currently have no way of selecting a Soprano Cornet(= Eb Trumpet), Eb Horns, or Eb and Bb Basses (Tubas).
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Jett Hitt said:
It is not a notation app. It is a composition app. Write for the available instruments and transpose it when you create the actual score.
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Fair enough - I'll export to Sibelius for notation and print, I guess.
It's just hard for a relative amateur like me to see a horn part in F and Tubas in Bass Clef, when used to writing and reading differently.
 
IanRobo75 said:
Fair enough - I'll export to Sibelius for notation and print, I guess.
It's just hard for a relative amateur like me to see a horn part in F and Tubas in Bass Clef, when used to writing and reading differently.
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Frankly, these days I only work with C scores. It used to be mandatory to work with written pitch, but C scores are the norm in Hollywood, and the snooty old codgers who insisted on written pitch are starting to take dirt naps.
 
IanRobo75 said:
I'm writing for brass band where, for example, the tenor horns are an Eb instrument.
I can add a 'horn' instrument but it's a horn in F, so the transposing score view assumes F.
Is there a way to change the pitch of an instrument in Staffpad?
I currently have no way of selecting a Soprano Cornet(= Eb Trumpet), Eb Horns, or Eb and Bb Basses (Tubas).
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If you need the score transposed for those instruments, use Eb or Bb stock instruments instead. Ie. Eb alto sax. I believe there is a Bb trombone that transposes as well (I never understood that one).

I typically write with the premium libraries, but will create another “version” to swap instruments in various transpositions for my score output. Most often for C trumpets or A clarinets.
 
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brandowalk said:
If you need the score transposed for those instruments, use Eb or Bb stock instruments instead. Ie. Eb alto sax. I believe there is a Bb trombone that transposes as well (I never understood that one).

I typically write with the premium libraries, but will create another “version” to swap instruments in various transpositions for my score output. Most often for C trumpets or A clarinets.
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Ye, thanks.
I'll just have to get used to writing everything non-transposed & I'll export to Sibelius for output (where there is much better control).
 
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