Mid-staff intrument change - export to xml
Sorry for my poor English. When you put a change of instrument in the course of a staff, and then you export the file to xml format, and then re-import it to Musescore, it results in a full mix-up of unpredictable instrument changes. So it seems impossible to use this functionality if you want to export the file to another music software. NB. I have tried with 2 changes in the staff (voice -> clarinette -> voice). I have not tested it with only one change.
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I did a test that goes Clarinet -> Voice -> Clarinet and got some interesting results.
Original:
![instrument change original.png]( "instrument change original.png")
![instrument change imported.png]( "instrument change imported.png")
after export to .xml and import
All three files
Original: instrument change out.mscz
.xml instrument change.xml
imported instrument change in.mscz
The instruments change properly in my test, some of the notes change octave though.
In reply to I did a test that goes… by mike320
My limited understanding of MusicXML is that it does not have a clear concept of how transposition / concert pitch works, so it's more a WYSIWYG thing, and there is no facility for changes of transposition. Someone with more knowledge of MusicXML might be able to correct me, or add more information.