(EDIT - I don't have to delete a staff in Musescore to silence it)
It's great to have a forum like this because otherwise (as with Transpose All) you're looking for something that doesn't exist. Thanks to all
So the procedure now looks like this
Either I scan my sheet music to PDF and use a PDF to MIDI program, or I get hold of a MIDI file I then import it into NWC if it's in the key I want or import into Musescore first and Transpose it into a simpler key. (For example, one bassline I would really like to master is in F# Major, 6 sharps and it gave me trigger thumb for a period because it involves loads of stretching - one click and it's in F or G!) I can then play in NWC where it's nice and large on my 24" monitor, or view like a page of sheet music with sound in Musescore
One final question (for now at least) - I'm assuming that there is no way in NWC of deleting every other staff and then viewing it as a vertical piece of sheet music with sound (I know I can print it out but then there's no sound). All I have managed to do is view it scrolling sideways, not vertically. Which is fine, it's just not like the traditional method
Re KAR I had a memory of importing KAR files but when I looked a few days ago I couldn't see the option - I understand now. Thank you
Re Other Programs I can do what I want now using Musescore and NWC so I'm fine thank you. All of this is for my general education and amusement, I'm never going to be reading seriously. When I learn a new bass part at present, I put the track into Amazing Slow Downer, raise it by an octave, and adjust the EQ so all I hear is the bass line. I also use sites like Moises or Lalal Ai to produce isolated bass patterns as well - these are good for the notes but not for the feel I'm soon going to be trying out various PDF to MIDI pieces of software so it looks I'm going to be busy!
Have just got locked out of the forum - so I'm having to rewrite this ...
I was going to use Musescore 4 but found the editing a nightmare and it appears that you have to delete a staff to silence it which makes a playalong thing very difficult if you want to reinstate a part. You then have to have multiple versions
What I can do is take a MIDI or KAR file, put it in Musescore, transpose it and then open it up in NWC
I am trying to improve my reading on bass so I move the bass staff to the top of the page. It scrolls along nicely and I can make any alterations to the bass part relatively easily and mute other parts as I like
Final question - does NWC 2.75 offer much over 2.0 if this is all I'm doing?
I got hold of NWC many many years ago to help my children with their school music projects. I thought it was really good and still do, particularly for little tweaks to a score
I upgraded to 2.0 about 15 years ago
It's very heartwarming that such a useful little program is still around, and with a forum too!
I'm now planning to improve my very poor reading skills by using NWC with MIDI files but I want to transpose many of these files to simpler keys
I know how to transpose a single staff - but can't work out how to select all of them
