Instrument Names

• Feb 18, 2019 - 11:52

Saxophones. I notice that in Musescore 3 (as with Musescore 2x) In a score the label/name for the various saxophones is inconsistent. Alto Saxophone is labeled (correctly and usefully abbreviated) as Alto Sax. But all the other saxophones, Soprano, Tenor and Baritone use the full name, that is- Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone. Tenor Sax, Bari Sax and Sop Sax would look and work better on a score. In any case it ought to be consistent

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Jojo-Schmitz

• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:01

Not sure where you see that?
I see

                  <longName>Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Sopranissimo Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Sio. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Sopranino Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Si. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Soprano Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>S. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Mezzo-Soprano Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>M.S. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Alto Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>A. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Melody Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Mel. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Tenor Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>T. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Baritone Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Bar. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Bass Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>B. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Contrabass Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Cb. Sax.</shortName>
 
                  <longName>Subcontrabass Saxophone</longName>
                  <shortName>Scb. Sax.</shortName>

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• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:04

In the score, not the instrument list.
Add in a saxophone section and you'll see what I mean.
BTW I don't see anything like what you posted, anywhere!

Jojo-Schmitz

• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:05

I took it from the code
And these (translated into German) are the names I see when adding them to a score

Which language setting are you using?

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• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:10

Is there a consistent option to use short or long names.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:41

Unless there's a screw-up in the translations, the long/sort names are as I outlined above

rockleyhome@gmail.com

• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:11

English

Jojo-Schmitz

• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:40

Which, US or UK?
Actually doesn't really matter, I've just checked both 'translations' and they either don't translate or don't do so wrongly.
So I have no idea where you got those bogus shortnames from, except from a custom instruments.xml maybe? Or a tempalate?

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• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:51

UK English. The term Alto Saxophone shows in the instrument list. When I added it to the score it said Alto Sax.
I have just tried to add it again (Torben suggested I may have altered it somehow) it shows as Alto Saxophone.
Odd. I definitely didn't change it. I was attempting to make up a 'short score' for sketching a bigband so I wanted a score with just one example of each of the front line, one sax, one trumpet one trombone. I realised that one Alto was inadequate so I added a baritone and was surprised to see it come up as Baritone Saxophone instead of Bari Sax.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:55

"Baritone Saxophone" is the long name, so in fron of the 1st system, "Bar. Sax." the short name, so in front of all subsequent systems. Same for "Alto Saxophone" "A. Sax."

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• Feb 18, 2019 - 12:56

I've just tried to do the whole exercise again and it comes up Alto Saxophone. So the only explanation is that I must have altered it.

Marc Sabatella

• Feb 21, 2019 - 07:23

"Alto Sax" is the name used in the Jazz templates. But they consistent within themselves. Only if you try starting with a template but then also adding instruments form the instrument liost do you get the mismatch you will need to correct yourself.

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• Feb 21, 2019 - 08:43

Hi Marc, Ah ok that explains it then. I couldn't remember changing it but conceded that I must have. Apparently not. Probably not an easy way to correct that behaviour without having the list affected by the template and that would be very complex.