Easy transposition of whole files to other instruments?
Former Finale person, here - I am making warmup sheets for a full ensemble. I have the flute one done and want to easily transpose to other instruments (like Finale's Transpose-->Change Instrument setting). Can't find a way to do that without editing a full score then exporting by part. Is there ANY other way? Thanks!
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If I understand your question correctly, you have a flute score and you want to create an identical score for, say, trumpet. Assuming that is the case, I would simply add the other instrument (trumpet) to the score. Then I would copy and paste the flute part into the new trumpet staff. Then I would hide the flute staff and ... ta-daah! a trumpet score, even correctly transposed into the Bb instrument.
If that's not what you're asking, you'll need to provide a bit more explanation and clarification of what you are trying to do.
In reply to If I understand your… by TheHutch
Or simply just change the flute to trumpet
In reply to Or simply just change the… by Jojo-Schmitz
And probably followed by CTRL+A, CTRL+Down to transpose it down an octave or a trumpet player may get vertigo :-)
In reply to Or simply just change the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, just figured out how to do that but the formatting from the score doesn't apply over to the "part" so, as of right now, I'd have to redo all the formatting on every part. Is there a way for the score stuff to transfer to each "part"?
In reply to If I understand your… by TheHutch
Makes sense but since it's a score the part label on the upper left hand side doesn't appear; is there a way for that to appear in the SCORE? Or would I have to do it in part view? Because in part view the formatting of the score doesn't carry over and I'd have to reformat every single part.
In reply to Makes sense but since it's a… by skaggsk
Make new staves for each instrument. Then generate Parts for them all.
In reply to Make new staves for each… by TheHutch
And when you do that, the formatting (number of measures/line, subtitles, etc) doesn't transfer. Is there a way for them to transfer?
In reply to And when you do that, the… by skaggsk
Titles, subtitles, and other items in the title frame do all appear in the Part, exactly as in the main score.
You don't particularly want the number of measures per line to be the same. Imagine the trombones and tubas are holding long, tied whole notes and the trumpets are playing sixteenth notes: you explicitly want them to have different numbers of measures per line.
In reply to Titles, subtitles, and other… by TheHutch
Actually, that's exactly what I want. I am a band director working on warmup sheets so everyone's parts would be unison. Do you know of a way to mirror the number of measures into each part?
In reply to Actually, that's exactly… by skaggsk
There's a plugin for this
In reply to There's a plugin for this by Jojo-Schmitz
Namely: https://musescore.org/en/project/export-layout-breaks-parts
Download from the first link (for MuseScore 4.4+). Just tried it out. Works well with 4.5.2. Open a part, apply the plugin: the other parts will receive the same layout.
In reply to Actually, that's exactly… by skaggsk
If they are, in fact, unison, then the Parts will have the same number of measures per system. They will have System Breaks at the same places because they have the same notes in the same order.
But it doesn't matter whether they do or not. You will not be referring to "page 32, system 3, measure 4". You will refer to "measure 872" or "rehearsal mark QQ". Just like you would in a normal orchestral arrangement.
In reply to If they are, in fact, unison… by TheHutch
Maybe. Maybe not. The OP will do what they think they must.
Maybe the OP wants the parts to match the score. For example: I created a score of exorcises for concert band. Each exorcise is 12 measures long. I put system breaks every 12 measures in the score. Great. Every page of the score has 12 measures. But when I open any part, the first line has 9 measures. Each line thereafter has 10. I think this is what the OP is talking about. Maybe he wants to have the band start on Line 5 (page five in the score). Each part would have to be reformatted, just as the OP stated.