Guys, I'm told there's a parameter in House Style under Edit Instruments that governs this. I'll get back to you with more later. K Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:58 AM, "Vytautas Jn." <vyt.bucionis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Wouldn't it work like with a transposing instrument? Write in concert pitch > and do a "transpose score"? > > Vytautas > > -----Original Message----- > From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar Carlson > Sent: 2013 June 4 08:46 > To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sib-access] Re: String Bass should sound an octave below written > pitch but doesn't. > > I think you're right about the pitch range. I wonder if they need their own > clef nomenclature to make it sound right? > > Dave Carlson > Tastefully composed and launched near the Pacific Ocean using a Dell > Latitude E6520, JAWS 14, and Windows 7 Professional 32-bit > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin L Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxx> > To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 22:40 > Subject: [sib-access] String Bass should sound an octave below written pitch > > but doesn't. > > > guys, > > I've always thought that Double Bass sounds an octave below the written > pitch in the bass clef. If this is true, why won't Sibelius play back the > correct pitch. It plays back the basses in my scores at concert pitch. I > almost accidentally transposed a bunch of bass parts an octave lower than I > want them to sound. Is there any way I can go to the playback dictionary > and fix this? > thanks, > Kevin > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx