Importing a B as a C-flat, E as an F-flat
I exported a midi file from FL Studio, opened in Musescore. The B's were transformed into C-flats and the E's into F-flats. Am I doing something wrong? Any way to correct without fixing every note?
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It is a transposing instrument?
Hmm, those are enharmonics, right? So try pressing J
In reply to It is a transposing… by Jojo-Schmitz
It is a transposing instrument, French horn, although I don't think that is the problem. Musescore picks up the midi file as a piano note for some reason. The opening note is a concert E, which is notated as an F-flat. Transposing it in Musescore for the horn part results in a C-flat, which I would prefer to be notated as a B. Interesting - in the Piano Roll Editor the note is shown as a B, but which is labeled a C-flat.
I don't know what that key is that you are recommending pressing.
In reply to It is a transposing… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. I figured out how to select all by note name, change them down a half step, then use the "J" as you suggested to remove the accidentals. That should work.
I think you need to attach your midi file you are importing. MuseScore imports the notes in the midi file.
In reply to I think you need to attach… by mike320
The correct pitches are importing from the midi file. The notation is weird. My output from the DAW is the note E5. The sound is correct in Musescore. The notation shows as an F-flat.
MIDI doesn't contain this information - the same pitch number represents B and Cb, and the same pitch represents E and Fb. Also F# and Gb, etc. It's but one reason MIDI is not a good choice for trying to transfer notation info. Anyhow, on import, MuseScore tries to guess based on the context which spelling to choose. In a key with lots of flats, Cb often is the better spelling than B. Also in a chromatically descending passage, and so on. But there can indeed be special reasons to override these choices here and there, so the J command will do that.