Recorders - for instruments
I just joined, so please excuse me if this is the wrong place.
I particularly want to have scores for recorder groups. The instruments should include at least the following:
soprano, treble/alto, tenor, bass - with perhap also contrabass and sub-contrabass for the lower registers, and sopranino for the highest. Some music has also been written for so-called voice flutes - altos in G, but that's a bit specialised.
I notice that there are some pieces available already which have recorders in the instrumentation, but these may have been done using a custom template. I haven't figured out how to customise the instruments for my own purposes yet. For me, it would be good if these instruments could be brought into the standard set of instruments.
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It might also help to have alternative names - such as descant for the soprano instrument.
In reply to It might also help to have… by dave2020X
You can change the names, and make those part of a templete
There are quite a few recorders avaliable with MuseScore already, Garklein, Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Great Bass, Contra Bass. So what are you missing?
MuseScore does not (yet) have a Sub Great Bass Recoderer or a Sub Contra Bass Recorder though
@dave2020X
![Recorder list in MuseScore.png]( "Recorder list in MuseScore.png")
Are you perhaps looking at the "Common instruments" list? If you select "All instruments", the choice is greater:
And there is also a Search box at the foot where you can filter the list for only the recorders.
In reply to @dave2020X Are you perhaps… by DanielR
Yes, that's it! Thanks.
You wrote:
I haven't figured out how to customise the instruments for my own purposes yet.
To add, delete, or change the order of instruments -- eg., if you have an existing score (or template) that you wish to modify, see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/create-new-score#change-Instrument-…
To change any current instrument in a score to a different instrument:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/staff-part-properties#change-instru…
To change/customize an instrument's name, see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/staff-part-properties#common-staff-…
and look for 'Long instrument name' and 'Short instrument name'.
alternatively...
Long/short instrument names may also be edited directly as a text object. See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/text-editing
Regards, and welcome aboard.