Band Flutes in E-flat, B-flat and F?
Is there a way to create new instrument profiles?
I am composing for Flutes in the British Corps of Drums style which uses the following:
E-flat "Piccolo" Flute (solo) - 2nd E-flat above middle C and about 2.5 octaves up
B-flat Flute (up to 3 parts) - B flat above middle C and about 2.5 octaves up
F Flute (up to 2 parts) - F above middle C and about 2.5 octaves up
All flutes music is written in D for 6-hole simple system flutes.
Basically, I could use the supplied sound font of the piccolo for the first two and for concert flute for the last.
I say 2.5 octaves up, but getting into the 3rd octave of some of these flutes is rather difficult, and I generally only score for a range of 2 octaves from the bottom note.
Up until now I have been just scoring them by re-naming Piccolo and Flute parts, but the playback is wrong and it is a real band to check a full-band score.
Perhaps not that relevant, but it is noteworthy that some Corps of Drums use concert flutes and piccolo flutes in C as well or to substitute for the F flute and E-flat piccolo respectively, but practices vary considerably from band to band.
Comments
You should first look at the recorders that are defined under all instruments to see if any of those definitions work for you. To look at or see a definition see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/staff-properties especially search for trasposition. You can change the names and sound in the mixer if they work or change the transposition on the existing flute/piccolo if it works better for you.