Defining or altering instrument names / settings
Hi,
I am writing music for Alphorn. There is the choice of "Alphorn" in the list of instruments, but it is written in the bass clef. Usually Alphorn music is written in the trebel clef (analogous to the horn). Furthermore there are different tonalities for alphorns as well, e.g. in F (again like the horn) or in G minor.
I wonder if and how I can create an instrument or alter the settings.
Thank you!
Vinzenz
Comments
Simply add the desired clef from the palette, and you can also set transposition in Staff/Part Properties (right-click the staff to access this dialog).
In reply to Simply add the desired clef… by Marc Sabatella
If you want to go beyond simple you could create your own instrument definitions for the different types of alphorn. This link describes how to do that. https://musescore.org/en/handbook/developers-handbook/references/instru…. It looks a bit daunting at first but after a few failed experiments I found it quite straight forward.
In reply to If you want to go beyond… by SteveBlower
Marc and Steve, thank you both for your help! I did not know how to do the transposition. Now, it is perfect. And for the future I hope to find out the daunting way to define the Alphorn types that I need. Great!
In reply to Marc and Steve, thank you… by vinzenzmorger
Maybe my reply below helps
Hwere's what the current definition looks like
For it to show in treble clef you may want to replace
with
For non-C Alphorns the transpose values would be different, and also the pitch ranges,
You should probably add (IMHO it is missing from the current Alphorn definition)