Changing instruments

You can change the instruments held by players without affecting any music already entered onto their staves. You can change pitched instruments and individual unpitched percussion instruments, but you cannot change percussion kits into other instruments.

1. In the Players panel, expand the card of the player whose instrument you want to change.

   The card lists the instruments of the player.

   
   
   

2. Hover over the label of the instrument you want to change, click the arrow that appears, and choose Change Instrument.

   

   The instrument picker opens.

3. Select an instrument in the instrument picker in any of the following ways:

   • Start entering the instrument name you want, then select it from the filtered list.

   • Click an instrument family and then an instrument.

   • Press Up Arrow/Down Arrow to select an instrument family, then press Tab to switch to the instrument column. Press Up Arrow/Down Arrow to select an instrument.

     Tip

     • An enclosure line shows which instrument family or instrument is selected when using the keyboard to navigate.

     • Press Shift-Tab to switch back to the previous column in the instrument picker.

4. Change to the selected instrument in any of the following ways:

   • Press Return.

   • Click Add.