Voice choices for SATB in scoring.
When scoring individual mp3 guide tracks of a SATB piece for an ensemble I am in, I have found myself moving away from the voices option in Musescore, in favour of using another instrument, sometimes soft synth, a piano stave (treble or bass) or even a flute.
I find listening to the ooohs or aahs distracting when trying to learn a new piece.
Does anyone else use any instruments in place of the oohs or aahs when scoring a vocal part of a piece?
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With the 1.x default soundfont these do sound awful, so I use another
In reply to With the 1.x default by Jojo-Schmitz
Which one?
In reply to Which one? by [DELETED] 5
The default font for 2.0, FluidR3_GM. Sorry couldn't remember the name and was to lazy to look it up :-)
I change the voices to violin, viola, cello and contrabass - sounds much nicer
I tend to use Oboe, Cor Anglais, Clarinet and Bassoon
In reply to I tend to use Oboe, Cor by ChurchOrganist
Thanks
Those will certainly sound more churchy (my arrangements are of jazz tunes!).
In reply to Thanks Those will certainly by Mac B
I normally use clarinet. Most of what I've done this for is just a single (female) vocal line with band accompaniment, but it seems to work well for jazz - clarinet sounds natural but I'm not nitmally using that sound elsewhere. When I've needed tenor/bass voices, I've experimented with keeping clarinet as well as using cello or other sounds. But the vocal sounds, no matter the soundfont, are usually too mushy and indistinct to let me hear how my voicings work, so I almost always use something else.