Professional lowest pitch for contrabasses should be C1 rather than E1

• Sep 30, 2019 - 06:01
Reported version
3.2
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

The instrument "contrabasses" is a group of contrabasses used in an orchestra, those contrabasses have an extra C string beside the E string, that's why the lowest notes on cellos can still be done an octave lower on contrabasses.

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• Sep 30, 2019 - 07:19

Why not leaving the amateur range where it is and just extend the professional range?
A 5th string BTW is not the only option, there are also extenders that allow those extra pitches on the 4th string.

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• Sep 30, 2019 - 09:41

A single contrabass may have that amateur range (as is the case now) because maybe there's an extra string and maybe there's not, but "contrabasses" always have that extra string (or other mechanisms like you said) so the notes from C1 to D#1 are not "professional" anymore.

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• Sep 30, 2019 - 10:00

As written on Github: I object to that, the differencen between contrabass and contrabasses is not their ranges, but only their sound (and name)

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• Sep 30, 2019 - 10:07

Also needed but not yet handled by the PR to this issue: adjusting the orchestral templates (I guess both, classical and symphonic, maybe also string orchestra)

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• Sep 30, 2019 - 11:33
Title Amateur and professional lowest pitch for contrabasses should be C1 rather than E1 ⇒ Professional lowest pitch for contrabasses should be C1 rather than E1

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Fix version
3.3.0