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I have a score written for tenor sax and guitar. The score is okay, but when I try and play the sound file it plays back in voices Ooh's). I originally imported a pdf, which it seems ignores things like titles, authors, and the different voices that you often have to use for classical guitar.
Apparently importing from a pdf also ignores your instrument choices, too, and defaults everything to voice. I was able to change the instruments back to what they were supposed to be. (of course MuseScore then wanted to transpose everything way up or down, but I was able to cancel that.) However, when I try to play the sound file it is still all ooh's and aah's. I click on the "parts" button, and sure enough they are both shown as voice, and I can't see any way to change the instruments in playback.
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We really need your score to be able to help. The problem could be any number of things.
In reply to We really need your score to… by bobjp
Okay, here it is. I was a bit shy about uploading it first off, because it's an adaptation of a published arrangement of a copyrighted score, know what I mean? It's only for our own use, though, so I shouldn't get in trouble by uploading it here.
Since the original post, I did manage to get the right instruments to play back. However, now I have another problem with the playback, in that it doesn't do the second ending, or the jump to the coda, correctly.
In reply to Okay, here it is. I was a… by Neil1950
This version plays correctly on my system. I think it might be a little high for Tenor sax
In reply to This version plays correctly… by bobjp
On mine, it plays the to first ending correctly, then goes back to the open repeat correctly, but it doesn't
play the second ending right. It first plays through to measure 24, then jumps ahead only one measure, to the second measure of the first ending. Then it plays through to the second ending then the DS. But then it blows right past the "to coda", plays the first ending all through, and finally jumps to the coda.
It does sound pretty high for a tenor alright. When I got the instruments to change, the software wanted to raise the tenor notes more than an octave. I believe it was assuming the notes were in concert pitch so a tenor would have to play way up to make it come out right. But, they were already in tenor pitch, so I reduced the transposition to zero so the notes on the page are correct, but maybe the playback program still thinks they're the higher notes. I can live with that (I play the guitar part) but I'd still be interested to know if that can be fixed.
Right now I'd be happy if I could get it to play the repeats correctly.
In reply to On mine, it plays the to… by Neil1950
Interesting. I just listened to my score again and it played everything correctly.
Beginning including 1st ending
Repeat including 2nd ending. And up to the DS.
Goes to the beginning DS up to the "to coda"
Jumps to the coda and the end.
Not sure it would be different on your computer. What you describe is more like what it did at first.