How to get playback of cres and decres over multiple measures
I've looked through the bazillion posts on hairpins and the handbook, and I'm lost. My hairpins always instantly go from one dynamic marking to another during playback. I've tried changing velocity, multiple hidden crescendos and decrescendos, checking and unchecking single note dynamics, etc. etc. but the best I can do is step-wise markings to get something reasonably close to what I want. During playback, the sound always goes right to the next dynamic marking on the next played note regardless of how many measures I want the dynamic change to actually be.
Edit: added an example: bar 9. goes from mf to ff in one note when played back.
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Score needed to understand and investigate your problem
In reply to Score needed to understand… by Jojo-Schmitz
added something so you can understand.
In reply to added something so you can… by paulblum
You added or rather extended the hairpin wrongly.
If you double click it you see that its left anchor goes back to the last note or measure 9, and that is starts at the 2nd to last note on that measure. So the velocity change of 100 takes effect between those 2 notes.
Also that ff being part of the hairpin doesn't work (this part might be a bug though)
Check the attached.
See also (again) https://musescore.org/en/handbook/hairpins#adjust-length
In reply to You added or rather extended… by Jojo-Schmitz
I had tried the ff being part of the > and < and not, it seemed like the software wants you to add a marking while the hairpin is still highlighted, and it appeared to work better at times. I've tried different dragging techniques, so what you see is probably just the last one I tried. But from what you are saying, I should try dragging from where i want the dynamics to "end" and then pull left?
In reply to I had tried the ff being… by paulblum
Don't drag! Check the handbook and use shift+right to extend it
In reply to Don't drag! by Jojo-Schmitz
O_O I've always adjusted it by dragging before using the Shift commands. There's the problem. It's not super clear in the handbook that you basically can't do mouse transformations at all. And to further clarify, After doing more testing, if you add an ending dynamic while the < or > is highlighted, it doesn't register, so you're right in that that may have confused the issue at times. But mostly ID10T. Thanks for your help. Working now, and just gotta remember to not use any of the anchors that pop up.
In reply to O_O I've always adjusted it… by paulblum
To me the handbook is very clear about this and in several places, see also https://musescore.org/en/handbook/lines#change-length
But yes, this is a pretty common mistake
In reply to To me the handbook is very… by Jojo-Schmitz
Nevertheless, for the record, this will be a new feature in version 3.5, ie: Hairpins, voltas, and other lines now will be adapt anchor points when dragged (see in "New features": https://musescore.org/en/handbook/developers-handbook/release-notes/rel…)
In reply to Nevertheless, for the record… by cadiz1
I had completely forgotten about that
In reply to To me the handbook is very… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ahh, Yeah, I just saw the "Note: You can also drag the endpoint handles with a mouse." and figured it would adjust automatically.
In reply to Ahh, Yeah, I just saw the … by paulblum
see above, it will in 3.5
In reply to O_O I've always adjusted it… by paulblum
FWIW, 3.5 will finally let you change anchors by dragging, but it will remain a very bad idea, because there will be no way to get things to line up precisely with the note. Using the keyboard commands will continue to be both more efficient and more precises.