I think this feature would be of great help for pro users. I saw a thread about how it was not requested enough to be included so here I am.
I am writing for en ensemble with transposing instruments. The parts, the C score and the transposed score will all be used in a professional setting.
First request would be to be able to simply duplicate a layout. Say you made system breaks, alligned dynamics, made the staff smaller ect, it would be great to be able to simply and easily do a duplicate.
Next, the biggest problem I have is this. (Keep in mind that I write very chromatic music) Say in my score in C I write A# - B - C - C#, I then go to my duplicate of the score which is in transposed pitch. I go to the Bb clarinet and the notes appear as B# - C# - D - D#. Quite normal here but I prefer to write it as C - C# - D - D# in this particular scenario. So It will change of course the transposed score, The Bb clarinet part (Also transposed) AND the C score. Now the transposed score and part apprear correctly but the C score i written Bb - B - C - C#. In this case it would not (in my eyes) be written correctly.
Note that I see you can edit the part alone without affecting either the transposed score and the C score. But it is not useful very much as I would like all the scores and parts to be written correctly without compromise.
I don’t know if it’s clear enough but I think maybe adding a feature that if you manually change the pitch in the score or part, it will only affect the corresponding transposition. Either C score or transposed.
Thanks for your suggestion, @paq_phil. Am I correct in assuming that you want to be able to make a change to the enharmonic spelling in transposed pitch, and that change in spelling would be applied to all layouts containing that instrument when they are in transposed pitch?
Hello Daniel
No not exactly. I would like to make changes to the enharmonic spelling in the transposed score and have no change in the C score or vice versa.
What is happening right now is that if I change the enharmonic spelling in either the C score or the transposed score, one will affect the other.
Sometimes, it’s actually great. Say I wanna write F - F# - G - G# in the c score, in the Bb clarinet part (and the transposed score) it will probably write G - G# - A - A#. That’s great.
BUT
If I wanna write A - A# - B in the C score, the Bb clarinet part (and transposed score) might be written B - B# - C#.
Now if I go to the transposed score and change the B - B# - C# to B - C - C#, the A# in the C score will probably become Bb. Which is gonna be written A - Bb- B. I tend not to wanna write chromatic lines that way.
I know I can change the instrument part alone without changing the scores. But than the conducter score will not be written proprely.
Changing the spelling of a note in a part layout should not cause the pitch to change in the full score layout, regardless of the transposition type you are using in either one. Do you have a minimal case that demonstrates this in action?
It’s about the scores not the parts. The case I tried to enunciate in the last post is actually the exact case that causes me problem. The spelling is linked between scores. Like I said. Sometimes it’s great. Sometimes it’s not.