Replace Instrument Not Working
Hi there,
I am trying to replace an instrument i.e Viola with Violin.
I know the function works as I transposed the above Alto Saxophone part from Tenor Saxophone. The Key & notation changed. Of course they both remain on treble clef.
When I select violin only the name by the staff changes but the clef and notation remains the same.
Shouldn't there be an immediate clef & thus notation change?
What am I missing?
Please assist!
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It's hard to say much from just a picture, but if you attach your actual score and give the precise steps to reproduce the problem, we can understand and assist better.
But, you can change clef yourself, from the Clefs palette, if the instrument change doesn't do it automatically for whatever reason.
In reply to It's hard to say much from… by Marc Sabatella
Find the score here attached!
Thanks for the help!
In reply to Find the score here attached… by pspacc
I can confirm that when using MusicXML import specifically, the clef doesn't change automatically as it does for normal scores - that's probably because the MusicXML set that clef explicitly whereas normal scores have it selected automatically to begin with. So, just change it manually as I said. It actually works here to just delete the alto clef; the default treble clef then replaces it.
In reply to I can confirm that when… by Marc Sabatella
Got it! will stick to manually changing clef & octave.
Thanks!
My experience is that in the full score, when I replace a horn part with a trombone (for example,) it will change the part name and transpose to the proper key and clef. But then when I click on Parts it will open that part as horn - back to the horn clef and key - rather than the trombone part. The only way to make it work is to add a trombone part, copy and paste the horn part to the trombone, and then delete the horn part. Even then, if I have it open all parts it will open both a trombone and horn part.
In reply to My experience is that in the… by PMoberg
That shouldn’t happen. At worst maybe you’d need to reset the part from the parts window. If you attach your score and give precise steps to reproduce the problem, we can investigate to see what is going on.
In reply to My experience is that in the… by PMoberg
I did up a quick score for demonstration purposes rather than send a large file. I started with one horn line. Then I did a "replace instrument" and changed it to a trombone and saved the file. Then I clicked on "parts" and "open all." What comes up is marked as a horn part in both the part itself and on the part tab, even though it has been transposed to the correct key and staff. It's really a labeling issue, but even though I can change the part name on the score it will never come up as anything but horn in the tab. Makes for some confusion.
In reply to I did up a quick score for… by PMoberg
I can confirm that for this score specifically, it didn't seem to work. If you go to the Parts window, click the "..." menu and rename it manually.
However, if I then do the same - in the Instruments panel, "Replace instrument", and select trombone again - it works perfectly. So I'm not sure why it worked for me and not for you. Maybe it has something to do with the order in which things happen - if the instrument change happens before or after saving, or before or after opening the part?