A small bandoneon range specific issue.

• Oct 12, 2018 - 02:55

Hi, there is a small issue with the bandoneon register maybe this affects other kinds of accordions or folk instruments.
The thing is that each hand has a different register and musescore does not takes this into account, you can write a low note on the right hand that is not in range and,if it is in range for the left hand, it wont get marked in red. It also happens with high notes on the left hand.
Also there are notes in between the register of the left hand that are not available. I uploaded a file with the correct register, the notes with the white square on top are not available even if they are in range, and the ones with the diamond are considered dangerous to use.
I know bandoneon is niche instrument and this probably a trivial issue,but i dont know, maybe its easy to fix.

PD: i just realized i used the terms range and register interchangeably but i dont know if they mean the same in english sry.

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• Oct 12, 2018 - 05:22

I would suggest that you use two instruments for this instrument since the two hands have individual limited ranges. You can name one Bandoneon left hand and the other Bandoneon right hand and then use them in the correct order (right hand on top) and connect them with a brace so they look like a grand staff. This would enable you to assign ranges to each staff. I'm not sure about all of the notation, but if a dynamic is expected to affect both hands, you can put an invisible one on the bottom hand and an visible one on the right hand, assuming it's similar to how a piano staff works.

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