Can't find insturment
I have been trying to make a new score with soprano recorders for something at my school but I can't seem to find the insturment. I've checked the insturment index for 4.3.2 which is the current version I have installed on my computer and the soprano recorder is listed. I have also reinstalled musescore and musehub to no avail. if you know how to fix the issue please let me know.
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See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/setting-your-score#choose-instrumen…
...and use the search box provided in the Instruments selection.
--OR--
Expand the drop-down under Family from 'Common' to (select from) 'All instruments'.
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Jm6stringer
I've tried both solutions but it still isn't showing up.
In reply to I've tried both solutions… by IncognitoSImon
Did you see the search box?
![Search.png]( "Search.png")
I type "rec" and get this:
Here's a score with recorders:
Recorder_score.mscz
Does it play for you?
With that score open, type the letter i. Do you see the Instruments dialog containing the search box?
In reply to Did you see the search box?… by Jm6stringer
Yeah i did try searching it up on the searchbar. The alto and soprano recorder are not listed when i search up rec, but the score you sent does play with all the sounds and the insturment appears in the score. I attached an image.
In reply to Yeah i did try searching it… by IncognitoSImon
Don't bother attaching a screenshot; it usually (!!!) won't help. Instead, attach the score itself (the .MSCZ file).
Also, given that the screenshot shows a "Sopranino Recorder" instead of the the "Soprano Recorder", ...
a) What language does your computer have running? If you are running Windows 11, it will be Control Panel / System / Time & language / Language & region. If you have a different Windows version, it will be in a very similar path, but not necessarily identical. If you are running Linux or Mac, I don't know where it will be.
... and ...
b) What language is MuseScore set to? In 4.2, it's at View / Preferences / General. Again, it will be in a similar, if not the same, place in other versions. If it says anything other than "System default", you probably want to change it to that value. You may also want to click the button labeled Check for language updates (which may demand that you restart).
Finally, for good measure, what version of MuseScore is installed? You can find this at Help / About MuseScore.
The OP states:
...4.3.2 which is the current version I have installed on my computer,,,
Use menu item: Edit > Preferences > General to find the MuseScore language setting.
![Language.png]( "Language.png")
It seems that the OP's language is set to English (GB):
Apparently, Soprano recorder (US) is analogous to Descant recorder (GB); and Alto (US) is analogous to Treble (GB).
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano_recorder
and:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_recorder
In reply to The OP states: ...4.3.2… by Jm6stringer
Both of jm6stringer's corrections to my suggestions are absolutely correct. Sorry, I must have been in too much hurry. Thanks!!!
In reply to Both of jm6stringer's… by TheHutch
The problem with searching with "rec" is that you get a list of recorders that is completely out of order size wise. Could be confusing for someone who doesn't realize how many different voices of recorders there are.