Staff instrument change

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Staff instrument change

2012-11-30 11:06 pm

Can I change the instrument within a staff for a few measures and then change it again later in the same staff or can I only have one instrument for the entire length of each staff?

Re: Staff instrument change

Reply #1 – 2012-12-01 01:48 am

You can insert an instrument change:
position cursor, press <i> and fill in the dialogue - do the same again to restore it

Re: Staff instrument change

Reply #2 – 2012-12-21 04:48 pm

Does this also work for having a passage played pizzicato?

Thanks,

John

Re: Staff instrument change

Reply #3 – 2012-12-21 05:21 pm

Quote from: jpjm – 2012-12-21 04:48 pm

Does this also work for having a passage played pizzicato?

You can use instrument changes to move from pizzicato strings to other types of strings.
The Performance Style Command can also be used. See: Performance Styles

Re: Staff instrument change

Reply #4 – 2012-12-21 05:40 pm

Since you are going to be putting pizz. and arco on the music anyway, you can get get the instrument change to show that instead of adding extra text objects. After you have the instrument and correct patch number selected, you can change the name of the instrument as well as override placement (prob. want to uncheck "preserve width") and visibility to show it.

Code: (nwc) [Select · Download]

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|PerformanceStyle|Style:Legato|Pos:0|Visibility:Never
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Instrument|Name:"Violin"|Patch:40|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:10
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-5
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Instrument|Name:"pizz."|Patch:45|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:8|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-5
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Bar
|Instrument|Name:"arco"|Patch:40|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:8|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-5
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

HTH

Re: Staff instrument change

Reply #5 – 2012-12-21 09:39 pm

Quote from: Warren Porter – 2012-12-21 05:40 pm

Since you are going to be putting pizz. and arco

Unless you want pizz. and arco, in which case you are back to using text.