Trumpet in F
The Trumpet in (high) F is missing from the list of instruments, which is a bit annoying when transcribing some music, such as Mahler and Bruckner. It's not a particularly obscure instrument, and while I can "create" one by changing the transposition settings, I see no reason not to include it in the standard catalog of instruments.
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Can you give more information about this instrument? The range for amateur, for professional, the transposition in diatonic and chromatic steps? The name and shortname you would use?
In reply to Can you give more information by [DELETED] 5
Range (Transposed):
Amateur: C4 - F5
Professional: F#3 - D6
Range (Non-transposed):
Amateur: F4 - Bb5
Professional: B3 - G6
Long Instrument Name: F Trumpet
Short Instrument Name: F Tpt.
Diationic Transposition: Perfect Fourth, Higher
Chromatic Transposition: 5 Semitones, Higher
See attached image.
In reply to Range (Transposed): Amateur: by MarshallTRogers
Would the genre be orchestra?
I'll submit a PR for this
See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/2360
In reply to Would the genre be by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, the genre is Orchestra, and, of course, Brass
In reply to Yes, the genre is Orchestra, by ChurchOrganist
brass is more of an Instrument Group rather than a genre, at least as far as intruments.xml is concerned, isn't it?
In reply to brass is more of an by Jojo-Schmitz
I suspect all those playing in brass bands would disagree with you :)
In reply to I suspect all those playing by ChurchOrganist
'brass band' may be a genre (but currently not in MuseScore), plain 'brass' is not, just like 'woodwinds' isn't :-)
In reply to I suspect all those playing by ChurchOrganist
Extremely unlikely, because brass bands a) don't use F trumpets at all. b) British-style brass bands don't use trumpets at all, but cornets instead.
In reply to Would the genre be by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, orchestral. Thank you very much.
In reply to Yes, orchestral. Thank you by MarshallTRogers
My PR has just been merged into the master branch and will find its way into the 2.03 branch shortly too
In reply to Range (Transposed): Amateur: by MarshallTRogers
I came here about to make a similar suggestion for other trumpet keys.
Specifically, in addition to F...
Trumpet it in E (not Eb), Take the existing values for Trumpet it in Eb and raise them all a half step
Trumpet in A (not piccolo trumpet in A). Take the values for Bb trumpet and lower them all a half step. Duplicate the same resulting values for Cornet in A.
Would also be nice to have Cornet in C (duplicate values from C trumpet).
Like F, these are used almost exclusively in orchestral music.
In reply to I came here about to make a by randy.howard.1675
I'd be happy to merge a pull request for the additional trumpets and cornets.
In reply to I came here about to make a by randy.howard.1675
Would this score's Instrument names, ranges and transpositionings be correct?
If so I can submit a PR, if not tell me what to correct.
In reply to Would this score's Instrument by Jojo-Schmitz
See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/2396
Edit: it just got merged, so would be in 2.0.3 and 2.1
No reason for it not to be included in a future release provided you supply naming and range information.
In the short term I suggest that you set up a template particularly for these 19th century composers (I've just been reading about this via Google and Wagner uses the same instrument). That way you only have to reassign the range and transposition once, and can simply recall it by using the template to begin your piece.