On Jun 5, 2007, at 7:58 AM, shirling & neueweise wrote:
i am compiling a list of corrections that need to be done in these
files to MM, and things to add, does anyone have things to mention?
for years there have been a number of transposition, spelling,
staff type and clef errors.
any instruments that are missing completely, or that are in the
instrument list but don't appear in any of (or in the appropriate)
instrumental groups menu?
also let me know about **common** ensembles that you think should
appear in the ensembles.txt file (eg. lieder, piano trio)
can anyone tell me if the banjo is written transposed?
The five string banjo sounds an octave lower, like a guitar does.
This is the most common instrument, but you get 4-string banjos that
are the same, but without the 5th drone string, and there is a tenor
banjo that is a bit shorter. I think the tenor banjo is also
transposing, but i've never written for it, and frankly, most of the
players have never read for it! There is also a banjo-uke, tuned like
a ukelele, that is not transposing. This instrument is very rare.
For ensembles, they already have jazz band (bad name, it should be
big band or jazz orchestra), but I would like to see:
Kenton-style big band (5 saxes, 5 trumpets, 5 trombones, rhythm the
same)
Big band with vocalist
Studio orchestra (big band with strings and percussion)
Jazz piano trio (piano, bass , drums)
Jazz guitar trio (you get it!)
Jazz quintet (trumpet, tenor sax, piano, bass, drums)
Brass band (British-style)
I have built these already, but mostly my projects use such widely-
differing instrumentation that I generally have to create or tweak
each new project from zero.
Can you share which instruments have wrong transpositions or clefs? I
don't write for the variety of instruments you do, so I have never
seen a wrong transposition (in Finale, that is. I am plagued with
students using Sibelius 2 bringing in wrongly transposed baritone sax
parts, tenor sax parts, and any octave-transposing instrument like
piccolo, guitar, or bass. Apparently it is correct in the latest
version, but there are a LOT of Sib 2 users out there!)
I WOULD like to see Trumpet in Eb in the instrument list. When I do
orchestra transcriptions from the 19th C, there is a lot of Eb
trumpet, and I got caught the first time. I selected Trumpet in Bb,
then changed the staff name and transposition. I checked everything
(notes, bar numbers, expressions, everything musical) exhaustively
once I was done (except the name at the top of the extracted part!),
so I didn't realise that I needed to change the PART name! It showed
up correctly on the score, but the linked part was STILL called
Trumpet in Bb, and there was a highly embarrassing train wreck at the
first rehearsal! Fortunately, the players had been told to bring Eb
trumpets as well, and the error was quickly corrected, but my face
was burning!
Clarinet in D would be good, too.
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