Wish to save customized tablature layout for future use
I play steel guitar in various tunings and on instruments with 6, 8, or 10 strings. Altering the standard 6 string guitar tab every time I want to write out an arrangement is a nuisance. I can't seem to find any means to save these custom tablature layouts as templates for future scores. Can it be done? How?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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If you save the file as a template it should be available later
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/create-new-score#templates
In reply to If you save the file as a… by Shoichi
Thank you, Shoichi. So easy, and it solved my problem.
In reply to If you save the file as a… by Shoichi
that doesnt help if you want to add an instrument later so it would be nice to have a possibillity to change it in the instruments xml
In reply to that doesnt help if you want… by wolfgan
I was able to add instruments after loading the custom template, simply by going to Edit, Instruments on the bar at the top of the page.
In reply to I was able to add… by slant6
you have to show how you done this:
you have a file with piano etc then you open your template with your steel guitar tab and add it to the piano file
In reply to you have to show how you… by wolfgan
You open the file (or template) with the steel guitar and add other instruments, it won't work the other way around.
In reply to You open the file (or… by mike320
Yes. My custom template is just a line of staff with linked steel guitar tablature (in this case a special 10 string tab I had to create). After opening it, I had no trouble adding additional instruments in the normal manner.
In reply to Yes. My custom template is… by slant6
so please go back to question 1
In reply to so please go back to… by wolfgan
Changing the instruments.xml is not documented well enough for me to give step by step instructions. I suggest that you open the instruments.xml file and find a similar instrument and create a file with only the instruments you are adding to in it. Use the similar instrument as a guide to how to create a new instrument. You may find https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/notes.html useful because it tells you which midi sounds are which notes, so if you want to define a string as G3, you know the note its midi pitch 55.
In reply to Changing the instruments.xml… by mike320
i have no problem with editing the instruments.xml but as far as i see there is no chance to change the tablature
In reply to i have no problem with… by wolfgan
Do you mean you don't know, in general, how to alter the tablature? On a Mac, just 'control' click on the tablature and a menu appears. Click on "Staff properties" and an "Edit Staff" widow pops up where you can modify the tab in various ways: change the number of strings, the tuning, etc. I presume it's similar on other computers.
In reply to Do you mean you don't know,… by slant6
are you able to read? i dont know if there is a way to change the tablature in the instrument.xml so you can open the instrument dialog and have your special 10str E13 pedalsteeltab for example
In reply to are you able to read? i dont… by wolfgan
Look how other Tab entries are done in instruments.xml and use as a model for your new entry.
I guess you need a 10-str pedalstreel first, including the stringdata AKA tuning
In reply to are you able to read? i dont… by wolfgan
Yes, I read just fine. I misunderstood what you were asking.