I think the quibble here is that 'printed' doesn't necessary mean the same as 'written pitch' since there exist cases where we print concert pitch (most especially for scores as opposed to parts). Written/sounding pitch absolutely makes the same distinction as concert off / on, that's the whole point of transposing instruments is to make that distinction. But that only works if a) the score uses key signatures (really not that common with much music of the past century) and b) it is written for ensembles of mixed transpositions (no such luck when looking at the alto saxophone part alone, or at a score for clarinet Yes, I was going to say the same thing. If we take away the simplicity of the pushbutton, maybe to make up for it we define a shortcut by default?īTW, sure sometimes you can gauge the concert pitch status by looking at the score itself. There is already the possibility of defining a shortcut for this action. I guess one advantage is it opens up the possibility of other options like 'Concert pitch but transposed octaves' that people have requested here and there (perhaps because Sibelius works that way rather than using octave clefs). That said, if the consensus is for a dropdown, then so be it. While I can't think offhand of any other push buttons in other programs that change labels, I'm betting it's not that uncommon.

In principle, a push button that changes label makes more sense, if we could agree on the labels. FWIW, I'm not really a fan of the dropdown idea, as to me that extra click is significant.

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