How to make sound played an octave higher ?
I am a newbie and played around with musescore for some days now and having the next problem
I am a Electric Bass player so I use the tab notation (four strings)
I loaded a midi file with a populair song in musecore and only loaded the bass line.
When I change the intrument to "bass tab simple" the bas tabs show the notes 1 octave to high.
So a transpose them one octave lower so the tab is how I Play the bass.
So far so good
But when I play the song in musescore it plays 2 octaves lower (and this sounds very low)
Is it possible to play an octave higer ?
When needed I can add my musescore file
Comments
Score needed, but likely it is not using an electric bass instrument, which is either notated in a bass clef and transposing an octave down, or notated in a bass clef ottava bassa (that little 8 below the clef)
In reply to Score needed, but likely it… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi I added the musescore file where I am working on it is the bass line from
I Put a spel on you
The instrument (which came from the midi import is a fretless bass
In reply to Hi I added the musescore… by BertVivie
OK, that staff is transposing an octave down. check it's properties. So sound seems correct to me.
I guess though you don't what the staff being transposed an octave down, so fix that, as it is now indeed 2 octaves down, one via staff properties and another because you transposed it down
In reply to OK, that staff is… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok the steps I did
1 open the midi file in MuseScore
2 select only the bass line to import
3 changed to bass tab (then the notes are an octave to high, compared with the tab's which I had already made by hand from examples on youtube bas covers)
4 transposes it one octave down
5 Now the bass tabs are as expected, but when I play it in Musescore it is very low (1 octave to low)
Which step should I change ?
In reply to Ok the steps I did 1 open… by BertVivie
As said: make sure the staff doesn't transpose down itself already
In reply to As said: make sure the staff… by Jojo-Schmitz
In which step ? in the Import from midi ? after the import when I play it, it sounds ok to me
In reply to In which step ? in the… by BertVivie
after the import, before (and instead of) transposing it manually
In reply to after the import, before … by Jojo-Schmitz
When I don't transpose the tabs are an octave to high, I can sent you an version direct after opening the midi and selecte teh bass track
In reply to As said: make sure the staff… by Jojo-Schmitz
Before reading the midi file I set up the score by hand and there and the tab there looks simmilair to the tab from the imported midi after transposing it
But when I played the handmade one it sounds ok, so I presume there is a setting somewhere to set the height a note is played ?
In reply to Before reading the midi file… by BertVivie
Again: In Staff/Instrument properties change transpositioning from 1 octave down to none
In reply to Again: In Staff/Instrument… by Jojo-Schmitz
Where can I find this ?
On Edit tab there is an instrument option but there I cannot change properties
In reply to Hi I added the musescore… by BertVivie
Do you mean that way?
I did:
1) Instruments ..., switch back to staff type 'Standard'
2) Set all notes 1 octave higher (Ctrl-A, Ctrl - Arrow up)
3) Instruments..., switch back to staff type 'Tab'
4) Staff / Part properties ..., set the transposition to zero.
In reply to Do you mean that way? I did:… by HildeK
Ok Nice the end of your steps is just what I need, but when I tried this myself after step 2 the notes are one octave higher and when I switch back to staff type tab (simple) the notes on the tab views are also one octave higher. So the first measure gives 4 0 on the top line and 4 on the 2e line from above.
Maybe it has to do with the Staff / Part properties maybe this is set different on my machine, I tried to find this but did not find it yet (and should I not doe this before step 3 ?)
In reply to Ok Nice the end of your… by BertVivie
"and when I switch back to staff type tab (simple) the notes on the tab views are also one octave higher. So the first measure gives 4 0 on the top line and 4 on the 2e line from above."
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Yes, but afterwards you need to do step 4: Set in Staff / Part properties the transposition to Zero! It was set on 1 octave down!
The sequence isn't fix. Also possible is, and probably other ways are:
1) correct the transposition to 0 octave: you get a lot red marked zeros in your tabs
2) switch to instruments (I), set standard staff type - you see the notes
3) select all notes and set them 1 octave higher (Ctrl - Arrow up)
4) switch back to your simple tab display
In reply to "and when I switch back to… by HildeK
But where/how can I find this Staff/proporties window I seached and searched but didn't find it.
In reply to But where/how can I find… by BertVivie
Right click on a staff or measure ...
In reply to Do you mean that way? I did:… by HildeK
Btw I am using Musescore 3.6.2, maybe that is the problem ?
In reply to Btw I am using Musescore 3.6… by BertVivie
No, 3.6.2 is not the problem
In reply to Do you mean that way? I did:… by HildeK
Yes, that way, as @HildeK describes
In reply to Yes by Jojo-Schmitz
Where does this Yes and No belong to :)
In reply to Where does this Yes and No… by BertVivie
Clarified above ;-)
Thanks to Jojo and HildeK they led me to a way to do this correct, The right click on the staff gives the oportunity to change properties and that did the Trick.