musescore / musescore/MuseScore
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Description
Your idea
When one creates their score with a template for a genre (jazz, etc.) and then tries to add instruments, the instrument list is always "Common":
When a user creates a score from a specific instrument family list/template and afterwards chooses "Add instruments" or "Change instrument", I would like the score wizard to display the corresponding family of instruments when it first pops up.
The program recognizes the proper family by 1) The family used when originally creating the score, 2) Any distinctive instruments or instrument groups (e.g. 1st and 2nd violins means orchestra, timpani means orchestra, saxophone means jazz), and 3) Score order.
Problem to be solved
It is frustrating to have to change to the correct family every time. This is a small change that will be much appreciated.
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Research direction
Start by locating the score wizard paths for “Add instruments” and “Change instrument,” then trace how the initial Common instrument family is selected. Done means the wizard chooses a relevant family from the score’s originating template, distinctive instruments or groups, and score order instead of always opening Common.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100