Make copy/paste between transposing instruments preserve concert pitch

• Oct 18, 2009 - 15:54
Type
Graphical (UI)
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project

I have noticed that if I copy notes between two instruments that transpose differently, e.g. between a Bb clarinet and a C flute, the positions of the notes in the staff are preserved, so a flute G copies and pastes to a clarinet G, which is a different note - concert pitch F.

I would prefer it if copy/paste preserved concert pitch. That way I could copy a line of music from, say, a flute, to a clarinet and the pitch of the notes would be preserved, so the entire line would be notated one tone higher in this case when presented on the clarinet staff.

Philosophically-speaking, a clarinet A is the same note as a flute G, so copy/paste ought to honour this. It is only the presentation that is different. (Sorry to get philosophical on you!)

There is a work-around in the current version (0.9.5). If I tick the Notes>Concert Pitch menu item then copying and pasting preserving the note staff positions does also preserve pitch. But this is inconvenient for instruments that transpose by intervals of an octave or more, and it also means regularly switching between Concert Pitch and instrument pitch in the Notes menu.

Thanks.


Comments

Severity S5 - Suggestion S4 - Minor
Status closed active
Frequency Many
Regression Yes
Reproducibility Always
Reported version 4.0
Workaround No

After this fix it seems that Musescore doesn't always get it right. I think when I have a Brass Band part in D (so Cornet in C) and copy from a Cornet in C it does the transposition to D even though no transposition is required.

I might have got the exact logic wrong but it definitely did a transposition where it wasn't needed.

In reply to by matthew37

That fix is 13 years old and so it seems unlikely that the problem you are describing has not surfaced until now. But maybe you have uncovered a corner case that was not caught by that fix and there is something unusual about your particular score that is causing it. Please attach the score (.mscz file) and give precise instructions to replicate the problem - e.g. select measures x to y in stave z, CTRL+ C to copy. Select position p in stave q CTRL+V to paste. Then someone can investigate further.