Glockenspiel red notes
I wrote a score with marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, in that order vertically, and the glockenspiel notes up to the g at the top of the staff(treble clef) all have red note heads. Is there a way to fix this?
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Posting the score usually helps, but the red is indicating those notes are out of range for the instrument. The way to fix it is to not write notes out of range for the instrument :-). Just guessing, but maybe you are trying to write notes that are too low, because the transposition isn't set up correctly? MuseScore normally sets it up for you - should be set to sound two octaves higher than written.
In reply to Posting the score usually by Marc Sabatella
https://musescore.com/user/2082126/scores/800226
Here it is. I don't know how to fix the transposition though. The notes arent red on the uploaded score, but they sound definitely too low.
In reply to https://musescore.com/user/20 by Volatus
Right, the red is just a warning that appears on screen while editing. They print and otherwise appear normal.
Normally, if you create a score and choose Glockenspiel as an instrument, the transpostion is set up automatically. Same if you create the score for a different instrument then use Change Instrument in Staff Properties. And this *is* the case here - I see the transposition set up as expected in Staff Properties.
So the problem appears is that you entered these pitches with Concert Pitch turned on. If you wish to enter notes at concert pitch, that is fine - but you need to be aware that the notes are two octaves higher than written, and you'd have needed to enter them that way. Or, instead, you should have entered the pitches with concert pitch turned *off*. Then you could have entered them as you wanted them to appear.
So, the fix for your score is:
1) select the contents of the Glockenspiel staff (eg, click first measure, press Shift+Ctrl+End)
2) transpose up two octaves (Ctrl+Up twice)
3) turn off concert pitch to display score as written instead of at concert pitch
It seems perhaps you originally had this score for different instruments (string quartet?), as when I turn concert pitch off, the clefs change. So you will want to change those back as well. MuseScore maintains clefs separately for concert pitch on versus off specifically to allow for instruments with large transposition intervals, so you can use whatever clef makes the most sense to avoid ledger lines in concert pitch mode, but have the regular clef be used with concert pitch off.
BTW, xylophone is also a transposing instrument; I don't know if the pitches you have entered are what you intended or not. But the same fix would apply - select the staff and transpose up an octave if you want the pitches you entered in concert pitch mode to be the written pitches.
In reply to Right, the red is just a by Marc Sabatella
Thank you very much :) its fixed now.
In reply to https://musescore.com/user/20 by Volatus
This is amazing, it sounds really good! Unfortunetly I am not skilled enough to play it, but am striving to become a professional percussionist. This is the type of music I would LOVE to play. well done!