Some instruments automatically get different time-signatures?

• Sep 14, 2020 - 01:25

I'm entering a score in MuseScore and I was pretty far. Suddenly I had a problem with the key signatures.

In the course of the score the key signatures change, but all voices and instruments always change together. The score below is what I started with. The fragment below is first in key signature "D major, B minor" and then changes to "E major, C# minor":
ScoreWithKeySignatures.png

Suddenly I noticed that, compared to the other voices and instruments, the Saxophone always got a different key signature in MuseScore. Nevertheless I needed the Voice, the Saxophone and the Piano all in one key signature. But I wasn't able to do that.

I started an empty score and I saw that both Clarinets and two (from three) Saxophones always get two "sharps" more, while the Alto Saxophone always gets three more:

KeySignatureAndInstruments.png

(There are more instruments, but there was no need to check them all.)

Here's what I get:

PartsAndKeySignatures.png

What do I do to make sure that each voice and instrument in my MuseScore version have the same key signature as in the score that I started with?

Thanks to everybody taking the time to answer!

PS: This happens in both MuseScore 2.3.2 and 3.4.2 .

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• Sep 14, 2020 - 01:49

You have concert pitch turned off (the button on the tool bar is not selected) what this does is show you the transposed notes, that is the notes a musician would play on that instrument. To see concert pitch, click the concert pitch button. I compose with concert pitch turned on so I know I'm putting an Eb in each instrument then turn concert pitch off to see what the score would look like if it were given to a conductor.

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