Electric Grand Piano
I just realised the many added entries in the Keyboard section of 'Instruments...'.
I think we should have 'Electric Grand Piano ' added as well - some scores I have use it.
What do others think?
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I'm not sure I get the difference with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_piano. Isn't just some marketting added value?
There's really no difference between Electric Grand Piano and Electric Piano.
There are 3 basic types of electric piano: The Wurlitzer, the Rhodes and the Yamaha CP80 "portable" grand. They are not always implemented in GM soundsets, however.
Currently the MusicXML 3 specification does not distinguish between them which is why no attempt had been made to add them to the instrument list.
It is easy enough for a composer to alter the Track Name to specify the type of sound (s)he is wanting, and a quick trip to the mixer window can select the nearest MuseScore has to this.
In reply to There's really no difference by ChurchOrganist
Reeds, tines and strings are the differences :).
MIDI.org lists Electric Grand Piano in entry 3.
In reply to Reeds, tines and strings are by chen lung
At some point I will add them Chen unless someone else beats me to it :)
I'm busy trying to get the Aeolus stuff up to the stage where I can submit a pull request atm.
In reply to At some point I will add them by ChurchOrganist
Upon reflection, if you do think 'Electric Grand Piano' doesn't have a place in the instrument list, I think I'd be prepared to accept that.
As the article says, they all come under 'electro-mechanical piano'.
In reply to Upon reflection, if you do by chen lung
You can of course always change the instrument name to whatever you like. To me, it's only worth having a separate entry in the list if there is something different about it above and beyond naming (although I admit I did just take advantage of a naming-only difference with Bb Clarinet versus Clarinet - but that was there already :-).
So, the reason to have a separate instrument would be different GM sound (not the case), different transposition (not the case), or different range. The latter sounds like the start of a reason - until you then ask if there need to be different entries for all the different flavors of Rhodes that have different numbers of keys, etc. As long as they are relegated to the "All" category and don't clutter up the others, I have no problem with that. But most scores - hence the "common", "pop/rock", and "jazz" categories - should probably only include a single "Electric Piano".
In reply to You can of course always by Marc Sabatella
I just saw the different types of acoustic pianos and thought that if we were going to be more specific, then this could have been a worthy addition.
I would personally put Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Pianet under simply 'Electric Piano', for some reason. Ignoring amplification, does the electric grand piano still require power to be heard normally?
I don't think I understand when you say about the different GM sound, as there is an entry for it?
In reply to I just saw the different by chen lung
Sure enough, GM does define it. Odd, I'd never noticed it. In which case, sure, might as well add it.
I have a friend who used to play one regularly. As I recall, it produced somewhat more sound unamplified than a Rhodes or Wurlitzer, but not enough to be useful without amplification.
In reply to Sure enough, GM does define by Marc Sabatella
Being as they are actually three distinct instruments, with distinctive sounds, and often specified in scores then ultimately I think we should add them under the Extended Tag, but it is not high on my list of priorities.
In reply to Being as they are actually by ChurchOrganist
Extended tag is gone. "extended" instrument are now listed without any genre tag and so listed only in the "All instruments" category.
I'm not sure if it would qualify (it doesn't have a GM entry), but what about Electric Harpsichord?