[MIDI] Each stave has an instrument name

• Sep 5, 2013 - 20:59

1. Open attached mscz (produced in 1.3) in 1.3.
2. 'Save As...'.
3. Choose 'MIDI'.
4. 'Save'.
5. Open MIDI file in 2.0.

Desired result: The synth strings staves have one instrument name.

Actual result: Each synth strings stave has an instrument name.

Each stave has an instrument name.png

Note: I also attach the produced MIDI file.

Discussion: I would have thought that each track would represent an instrument and then its staves. Does MuseScore 1.3 export each stave as a track? I would expect it to export one instrument entry as one track - 2.0 would import the track and determine if multiple staves are needed.

Using MuseScore 2.0 Nightly Build (a2b136c) - Mac 10.7.5.

Attachment	Size
Each stave has an instrument name.mscz	1.46 KB
Each stave has an instrument name.mid	216 bytes
Each stave has an instrument name.png	65.26 KB

Comments

David Bolton

• Sep 8, 2013 - 06:34

The following is a list of General MIDI numbers associated with 2 staff notation:

Piano

0 Acoustic Grand Piano
1 Bright Acoustic Piano
2 Electric Grand Piano
3 Honky-tonk Piano
4 Electric Piano 1
5 Electric Piano 2
6 Harpsichord
7 Clavinet

Chromatic Percussion

8 Celesta
~~9 Glockenspiel~~ [only needs one staff]
10 Music Box [?]
11 Vibraphone
12 Marimba
13 Xylophone
~~14 Tubular Bells~~ [only needs one staff]
15 Dulcimer

Organ

16 Drawbar Organ [2 or 3 staffs]
17 Percussive Organ [2 or 3 staffs]
18 Rock Organ [2 or 3 staffs]
19 Church Organ [2 or 3 staffs]
20 Reed Organ [2 or 3 staffs]
21 Accordion
~~22 Harmonica~~ [only needs one staff]
23 Tango Accordion

Strings

46 Orchestral Harp

Ensemble

~~48 String Ensemble 1~~ [often used to represent a violin section rather than using 40 violin solo]
~~49 String Ensemble 2~~ [often used to represent a violin section rather than using 40 violin solo]
50 Synth Strings 1 [Unlikely to be used by anything other than electronic keyboard]
51 Synth Strings 2 [Unlikely to be used by anything other than electronic keyboard]
~~52 Choir Aahs~~ [often used to represent voice section such as alto or tenor]
~~53 Voice Oohs~~ [often used to represent voice section such as alto or tenor]
54 Synth Choir [Unlikely to be used by anything other than electronic keyboard]
~~55 Orchestra Hit~~ [?]

Brass

~~61 Brass Section~~ [sometimes used to represent a trumpet section rather than using 56 trumpet solo]
62 Synth Brass 1 [Unlikely to be used by anything other than electronic keyboard]
63 Synth Brass 2 [Unlikely to be used by anything other than electronic keyboard]

Synth Lead