How to get play back to sound like classical guitar?
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I scanned a few pages of music and import the PDFs. Attached is an example.
I recall selecting Solo.
The music sounds like voice when I play it back.
I'd like the playback to sound like a classical guitar.
What can I do - or what should I have done to make this happen?
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Choose View>Mixer
Then for the Sound field change from Voice Oohs Expre. to Nylon String Guitar.
It's not very authentic, but it's all MuseScore can offer. Unless you go VST in MuseScore 4 with something like PianoTeq or Native Instruments' Plucked Nylon.
In reply to Choose View>Mixer Then for… by scorster
Forgot to mention, to get playback at pitch:
1) select all and lower pitch one octave (control/command down arrow)
2) then "normalize" the notation by setting the clef to 8va treble clef, the default for guitar notation.
scorster
> I want the playback to sound like a classical guitar
Right-click with the mouse on the staff, select "Stave/Part Properties" and click on "Instrument". Select the classical guitar. Done.
When importing, MuseScore knows nothing about the instrument and always selects 'Voice'.
By the way: importing from PDF usually requires rework. For example, here you have to adjust measures 2, 5, 9, 13 and 14, because they have the wrong length for a 3/4 time signature.
And, as already mentioned by scorster, adjust the Clef and the pitch.