I'm working on an arrangement fordable-reed quartet. Here's the score block:
\score { \new StaffGroup << \new Staff = "oboe1" \with { instrumentName = "oboe1" midiInstrument = "oboe" } { \clef "treble" \soprano } \new Staff = "oboe2" \with { instrumentName = "oboe2" midiInstrument = "oboe" } { \clef "treble" \alto } \new Staff = "EngHrn" \with { instrumentName = "enghrn" midiInstrument = "english horn" } %"english horn" { \clef "treble" \transpose f c \tenor } %the correct transposition for EH sounds terrible % { \clef "treble" \transpose c c, \tenor } % temporarily down one octave; sounds fine \new Staff = "bassoon" \with { instrumentName = "bassoon" midiInstrument = "bassoon" } { \clef "bass" \bass } >> \layout { \context { \Staff \consists "Ambitus_engraver" } } \midi { \tempo 4 = 80 } } If I make it with the English horn part correctly transposed, the MIDI sounds terrible. If I make it with the English horn part untransposed, it sounds fine. My conclusion is that the midiInstrument "english horn" reads its part in C rather than in F. Shouldn't it play the notes that a real English horn would? thanks