Change of clef when transposing
I'm using the same line of music for various instruments in a band. When I transpose the part for a bassoon (from a Baritone sax part) the music and key signature change correctly but it's still in treble clef. How can I change this to bass clef please. Thanks.
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It is much easier and better to change the instrument rather than do the transposition etc. manually.
Try this: From the instruments tab add a bassoon. Select everything in the barisax part and CTRL+C to copy. Click on the first rest in the bassoon part and CTRL+V to paste. As you have told Musescore that the destination instrument is a bassoon, Musescore will look after the transposition, clef, and playable range that is pertinent to a bassoon.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/working-instruments
If you insist on doing it the hard way, after doing the transposition manually, you would select the treble clef at the start of your bassoon stave and then click on the bass clef in the clef pallet. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/clefs#add-change-start-clef
In reply to It is much easier and better… by SteveBlower
Thanks Steve that's really useful. Musescore is much easier to use than expected - my previous program did things differently.
In reply to It is much easier and better… by SteveBlower
Hi Steve. This worked but with the stems still the same. Is there any way to make it adjust the stem direction automatically to suit conventional music writing or do I have to go through it all bar by bar and adjust the notes which need changing.
In reply to Hi Steve. This worked but… by imw49@live.com
Use CTRL+A to select everything and then set the stem direction of the notes to auto in the appearance section of the properties panel.
In reply to Use CTRL+A ti select… by SteveBlower
Excellent. Thanks again. Still finding my way around this program. Ian
In reply to Excellent. Thanks again… by imw49@live.com
The handbook is a good starting point https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4
A quick scan will at least familiarise you with terminology and the knowledge that instructions in most things are in there somewhere. I find that using the complete list of contents available from the Appendix combined with my browsers "find in page" is a good way to locate specific things in the handbook. But the forum is also a good place to visit when you are stuck.