Playback at altered pitch?
Can anyone tell me if there is a way for the score to playback at an altered pitch?
I write for acoustic guitar but have one guitar that I keep tuned 1 semitone lower than standard - so the E strings actually sound at E flat (and all the others accordingly). I want to be able to write an E but hear an E flat.
Anyone know how to do this please?
Comments
Change the master tuning in the synthesizer:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/synthesizer#tuning
In reply to Change the master tuning in… by underquark
Thanks, that works. I think I'll need to switch it back each time I work with other instruments (normal guitars), but it works.
see also
https://musescore.org/en/node/315060
So if I'm reading this correctly, you'd want the playback to be a minor second lower, but both standard notation and tablature to be pretty much unaffected?
Please see if the attached works out for you, where I've included both a normal guitar and then the thing I believe you're looking for as a retuned guitar.
In reply to So if I'm reading this… by jeetee
Yes that seems right! How did you achieve that?
In reply to Yes that seems right! How… by Jon Pickard
Starting from a score with a regular guitar instrument:
0 octaves + 1 minor second Down"This will ensure that playback plays everything half a tone lower than written (check concert pitch vs written pitch)
Do NOT change the string data, as that will affect tablature, which we don't really want in this case.
In case you had already entered music on that instrument:
In reply to Starting from a score with a… by jeetee
That's perfect - problem solved - thanks!
In reply to That's perfect - problem… by Jon Pickard
no it is still the same problem
In reply to no it is still the same… by wolfgan
It does. You'd just need to move the fingerings a string down, as MuseScore by default uses the lowest possible fret
In reply to It does. You'd just need to… by Jojo-Schmitz
than look here
In reply to than look here by wolfgan
You didn't transpose down those notes
In reply to than look here by wolfgan
If you copy paste from another staff that is in concert pitch, then don't forget to also transpose down. Copy and paste always uses the concert pitch as the real pitch of the note.
So once you've transposed your pasted thing a minor second down you can again alter string assignments to swap some notes around between the strings.