[SUGGESTION] re: viewing Concert vs. Transposed Pitch in the parts

Dorico
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I see the parts default (as expected) to Transposed and that you can switch temporary to view (for example) a Bb Trumpet part in Concert via the Edit menu (which I definitely often prefer to do when editing in the actual parts, etc.). I have two small suggestions, however:

  1. It would be helpful to be able to assign (or already have) a key command to switch from “Tranposed” to “Concert” - don’t see this assignable option in Key Commands (?)

  2. It would be very helpful to have some sort of indicator when we’ve switched to viewing the Concert version of a (for example) Bb Trumpet part vs. the Transposed version - right now there doesn’t seem to be any visual reinforcement of the switch (which might prove confusing when working on more intricate scores with multiple key changes, etc.).

Thanks -

  • D.D.
2

+1

3

You can indeed assign keyboard shortcuts for transposed and concert score (one for each - not a toggle). Preferences - Key Commands - Edit - Layout Transposition (or search for “score”).

4

I can work with that. However, there really should be SOME visual cue that you are now looking at the transposed vs. Concert score?

  • D.D.
5

Right. The visual cue would really be helpful. It’s probably not considered urgent compared to other priorities, I guess.

6

By the way, the German translation for concert pitch is not “Konzertstimmung” but “Klingende Notation” im Gegensatz zur “Transponierten Notation”. “Konzertstimmung” in German concerns questions of intonation.

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Thanks for this feedback on the translation, which I will pass on.