Flauto d'amore

• May 18, 2021 - 00:29

I suggest including the flauto d'amore (flute d'amour) in the the list of instruments. There has been renewed interest in this instrument in recent years.


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Details needed, clef, transpositioning, professional and amateur range, sould (closest match from the sounds in a GM soundfont), long and short instrument name.

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Since I don't play the instrument myself, I can't knowledgeably answer those questions. If anyone wants to implement this, it would be best to find some players to consult if possible. There is also a good amount of information available on the internet, including:

https://www.flautodamore.com/

http://sankyoflute.com/e/catalog/damore.html

https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/the-flauto-damore-project-a-new-language-f…

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/500897

Maybe someone else reading this post can contribute more information, if they have direct experience of this instrument.

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Maybe some of the people listed on those sites might be willing to work with a MuseScore developer on this. I'm uncertain --- maybe they'd not like the idea of people writing electronic flauto d'amore scores instead of buying and playing the instrument. On the other hand, if it were presented to them as a way of encouraging more composers to write for the instrument, they might consider it in their interest to help.

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Pretty sure there are A flat A and even B flat variants.
But surely it's not hard to just create this yourself without needing to be built in? There's likely "renewed interest" in 100s of previously neglected instruments but little point providing out-of-the-box support unless there's likely to be multiple users regularly wanting to score for it with MuseScore.

In reply to by kuwitt

Here's how a 'normal' flute looks:

            <Instrument id="flute">
                  <family>flutes</family>
                  <longName>Flute</longName>
                  <shortName>Fl.</shortName>
                  <description>Standard Concert Flute</description>
                  <musicXMLid>wind.flutes.flute</musicXMLid>
                  <clef>G</clef>
                  <barlineSpan>1</barlineSpan>
                  <aPitchRange>60-93</aPitchRange>
                  <pPitchRange>59-98</pPitchRange>
                  <Channel>
                        <program value="73"/> <!--Flute-->
                  </Channel>
                  <Articulation>
                        <velocity>100</velocity>
                        <gateTime>95</gateTime>
                  </Articulation>
                  <genre>common</genre>
                  <genre>jazz</genre>
                  <genre>orchestra</genre>
                  <genre>popular</genre>
                  <genre>concertband</genre>
                  <genre>marching</genre>
            </Instrument>

We'd need something like this:

            <Instrument id="flute-d'amore">
                  <family>flutes</family>
                  <longName>Flute d'amore</longName>
                  <shortName>Fl. d'a.</shortName>
                  <description>Flute d'amore</description>
                  <musicXMLid>wind.flutes.flute</musicXMLid>
                  <clef>G</clef>
                  <barlineSpan>1</barlineSpan>
                  <aPitchRange>60-93</aPitchRange>
                  <pPitchRange>59-98</pPitchRange>
                  <transposeDiatonic>4</transposeDiatonic>
                  <transposeChromatic>7</transposeChromatic>
                  <Channel>
                        <program value="73"/> <!--Flute-->
                  </Channel>
                  <Articulation>
                        <velocity>100</velocity>
                        <gateTime>95</gateTime>
                  </Articulation>
                  <genre>earlymusic</genre>
            </Instrument>

But first esp. the block

                  <aPitchRange>60-93</aPitchRange>
                  <pPitchRange>59-98</pPitchRange>
                  <transposeDiatonic>4</transposeDiatonic>
                  <transposeChromatic>7</transposeChromatic>

needs to get filled with correct data (assuming this instrument is transposing and uses a normal G-clef)

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

I just contacted someone from my circle of friends. She studied baroque flute, but I can't say, how far she's familiar with "flauto d'amore" as instrument and will reply.
I never can memorize the difference between diatonic and chromatic transposition. Would it be enough, to know about one of it?
Concerning the amateur and professional range, I never sure, how it's to define.

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