Each part in its proper key

• Dec 18, 2019 - 00:04

I am composing a piece with Cornet, soprano cornet, trombone, baritone, euphonium (all in Treble clef) and bass trombone, tuba.

I want each part to be in its proper key, so the cornet shows B flat with two flats not two sharps, and soprano in E flat not showing three sharps

thanks

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Why would you want that? The keys in your screenshot are already correct: if the globak key is C major, then B-flat instruments have D major key signature (written pitch is a whole tone above concert pitch), and E-flat instruments have A major key signature (written pitch is a minor third below concert pitch). No need to change the key signatures to flats at all, unless you want to change the global key, then just attach a global key and don't change the local keys.

To be clear: if you aren't aware, some of the instruments the instruments you mention are all transposing instruments, meaning the music has to be transposed for each of them individually. If you want to enter the music all in the same key for simplicity, that's fine, just make sure the "Concert Pitch" button is enabled. Then all the keys will match and all notes will be at their sounding pitch. Then when you're done, turn Concert Pitch off so MuseScore can automatically transpose the music as it needs to be when played on those instruments.

I think you make a big mistake, the Key signature is not the key of "fabrication" of the instrument. You want B flat instruments with B flat in key signature , so, 2 flats, you want Eb instruments with Eb key so 3 flats. If it is really want you want, it's completly wrong.

The key signature doesn't show that, it shows the tonality of the song you work in, it's always changes. In your case your song is in C (tonality of the C instruments) so Bb instr. are in D , and Eb instr are in A, all is correct. But if you change the tonality for C# you will see that all instruments change also, of course.

In reply to by Raymond Wicquart

Ah, I think you are right - I think the OP is realizing that these instruments are transposing but is misunderstand inghow the transposition works.

If an instrument is a Bb instrument, that doesn't mean it should show two flats in its key signature. It means concert C sounds like Bb. The name of the instrument tells you what concert C sounds like. So, a Bb instrument sounds a whole step lower than written, meaning you need to write for it a whole step higher (iwhich is why we have Concert Pitch mode, so you don't have to worry about that and can just write at sounding pitch). If an instrument sounds a whole step higher, that means if you want to write something in the key of C, it will be in the key of D for that instrument. So, indeed, a Bb instrument will have two sharps in its key signature, not two flats, when you write in concert C. More general, whatever the concert key is, a Bb instrument will have two more sharps (or two fewer flats).

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