Restricting note range
is there any way that Music score can restrict the note range - for example a glockenspiel or a harpsichord can have a different range to a piano? Now the stupid question - if so how do you do this?
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Musecore does that already, sort of: it colors out-of-range notes, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/staff-properties, Usable pitch range and https://musescore.org/en/handbook/note-input#coloring-of-notes-out-of-r…
It does not disallow entering those, and for good reason
In reply to Musecore does that already,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for your response although it didn't quite answer my question. If I had a particular instrument which had a limited note range (say for example 18 notes in the key of Db Major) how can I use Musecore to write within these parameters?
In reply to Thank you for your response… by Rspltd
See above. MuseScore can't be setup to restrict you in which notes you enter, but it can help you by coloring out-of-range notes, so you see where you did wrong.
However, this coloring fails completely if the range is not consecutive (e.g. harmonicas). For this a plugin might help and highlight these notes later
In reply to See above. MuseScore can't… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you. I feel a work around coming on!!
In reply to Thank you. I feel a work… by Rspltd
Unless you call writing a plugin a workaround there really is no workaround. The coloring of playable notes in a range is continuous. Every note in the playable range is black every note above or below it changes colors. The notes in a scale (except chromatic) are noncontinuous. You cannot make all of the D's,E's,G's etc. change colors by indicating the playable range.
There are requests to support non-consecutive notes in other contexts that could be applied in this situation. They are mostly related to diatonic tuned instruments (you can search for diatonic and find the discussions if interested). If support for diatonic tuned instruments were implemented it would be rather easy to also apply the techniques to a situation as you are requesting.