musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Early music instrument requests

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Description

Your idea

Rackett - should use bassoon sound

Serpent - professional range should extend down to A1

Problem to be solved

Easy selection of these instruments

Prior art

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the instrument definitions and sound-selection data used by MuseScore; the issue names no files or tests. Check how existing instruments expose professional ranges and sounds, then verify that Rackett is selectable with a bassoon sound and Serpent's professional range reaches A1.

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Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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