MIDI Export and Import Illogical Instrumentation for Orchestral Strings, Bass Guitars, and Percussion in Musescore 4

• Sep 30, 2023 - 16:36

Exporting
Some Instruments are having a bug in instrumentation in MIDI exporting, these bugs includes Orchestral Strings, Guitars, and Unpitched Percussions.

Orchestral Strings:
-Contrabass
Its Pizzicato alternative is represented as Acoustic Bass Guitar instead of Pizzicato Strings in MIDI coding, it is illogical, because, bass guitar and contrabass is totally a different instrument, so, they produce different sound, even if they are simillar instruments.
contrabass_bug.png
-Harp
It includes Pizzicato Strings and Vibraphone as alternative technique at MIDI coding, it is an illogical alternative to represent harp techniques, all harp techniques sounds not too different than normal playing.
harp_bug.png

Bass Guitars:
-Acoustic Bass
Acoustic Bass's main technique set as Slap Bass 1 in MIDI coding when exported to MIDI, and it includes illogical instuments, such as Contrabass and Tremolo Strings, i ever heard if guitars can be bowed, but it still illogical to sounding as contrabass, and giving "arco" technique annotation text doesn't make it sounding as contrabass, it makes these bugs are more illogical, and it doesn't Include Muted Guitar, but actualy, even Bass Guitars can also muted.
aco_bass_bug.png

-Electric Bass
Actualy, anything fine with Electric Basses at MIDI exporting, it just doesn't includes Muted Guitar in MIDI coding as alternative technique, because, i oftenly hear a muted Electric Bass in popular musics. electric_bass_bug.png

Percussion (Unpitched)
-All unpitched percussion set as String Group in the MIDI coding, in the former version of musescore, it is imported as Standard (Acoustic Grand Piano) in the MIDI coding, the bug also make part of unpitched percussion read as String Group due to MIDI coding at instrument list/Part names when published musescore.com (see completely about this bug report in my another bug report someday)

Importing
Some instruments are setted as a wrong instruments when imported to Musescore.

Orchestral Strings
-Pizzicato Strings
Sometimes, Pizzicato Strings are imported as harp if it plays in octave 0-1, it is mustly imported as Contrabass instead, and also, Acoustic Basses who plays notes below E1 will set as Contrabass when imported to Musescore instead of 5-str Acoustic Bass (currently, it doesn't exist yet in Musescore instruments, but i hope musescore add it) [see completely at Bass Guitars part below].
pizz_str_bug_mscz.png
The original score
pizz_str_bug_mid_import.png
After reimported from a MIDI file it sets as harp
-Strings Group (String Ensemble 1)
Strings Group sometimes imported as Piano if in the former score it is a Grand Staff-notated Strings Group, this is not a big problem, but it is illogical.
(I have no any image for this bug, beacuse, it happens rarely)

Bass Guitars:
-Acoustic Bass
Acoustic Bass Guitars will imported as Contrabass to Musescore if it plays notes below E1, i know currently Musescore instruments has no 5-str Acoustic Bass and 6-str Acoustic bass yet, so, every Acoustic Basses who playing notes below E1 will represented by Contrabass currently, but i hope Musescore can fix and add it.
aco_bass_mid_import_bug.png

Percussion (Unpitched)
-I can't tell all about percussions who experiencing this, but for some reasons, if i importing some unpitched percussions from a MIDI file who doesn't included in any drumsets in Musescore instrument to Musescore, it will set as Automobile Brake Drums, i suggested to fix this because, new users will think Automobile Brake Drums as Drumset when they importing drumset/solo percussion rhytms MIDI file, but actualy, it is a representation of Agogo, and it is an illogical instrument (i have searched in wikipedia, but it says it is a part of veichle instead of percussion instrument) so please remove and replace it with an actual Agogo.
The Original Score
bdrum_mscz.png
After reimported from MIDI file
bdrum_to_agogo_bug.png

That's all from me, Thank you for reading my critics and suggestions about MIDI importing and exporting bugs.

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