Piccolo playback is an octave higher than CONCERT PITCH
Reported version
3.1
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
When I had done the MuseScore 3.0.5 version of "Peacherine Rag" (https://musescore.com/howard_c_/joplin_peacherine_rag) our flutist mentioned that the playback for piccolo is an octave higher than concert pitch (note that it's concert pitch, not written pitch). So I have to change the "Transposition against concert/sounding pitch" in Stave Properties to "0 Octaves + Perfect Unison" to get it right.
Today I'm composing a new piece in 3.1 and the same problem occurs, the piccolo still sounds an octave higher. Do you know what happened here?
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Comments
Piccolo flute is an octave transposing instrument, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo
In reply to Piccolo flute is an octave… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes but it should be sounding one octave above written pitch, not two octaves. The score attached rises two. Or rather, the software rises two.
Either your ears are really bad, mine are just bad, or your sound font needs to be deleted. The flute in your example is an octave higher than the piccolo.
In reply to Either your ears are really… by mike320
Yeah it's a soundfont issue. Sorry for all those trouble.
That score looks and sounds as it it should to me
I don't use the current MuseScore sound font most of the time, so if it is the MuseScore HQ soundfont it needs an issue report opened, otherwise the person who created it should be notified so they can fix it.
Nope, it isn't that.
In reply to Nope, it isn't that. by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm using my custom soundfont other than MuseScore HQ. Nevertheless tested it and it was fine.