Other questions--tablature and midi player and ....?
Is there a way to lengthen the stem on tab 'notes'? I am more comfortable with stems the length of which indicates the time of the note--ie. eighth notes quarter notes, etc..
Is there a way to eliminate the rest symbols in tablature? Not really sure I want to, but I am more familiar with that style.
Is there a way to make two dotted half notes, tied over the space of two measures, sustain throughout the entire two measures when the score is played back in the midi sequencer? The score I am working on has just such a situation--it is in 3/4 time and there is a pair of dotted half notes... each in a separate measure and tied together. But when played back they might as well be eighth notes for all the sustain I get.
Is there a way to change the playback instrument?
More later...xD
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/staff-part-properties#tablature-sta…, https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/ties and https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/mixer
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks ...I have bookmarked these instructions.
But , I've read some of them before and I guess I didn't make myself clear esp. with regard to sustaining a note during playback. I think I understand about ties. But what I'm not seeing here is making a note [b]sustain[/b] during playback. Is there a step that I'm missing?
When I enter a half note in the score I choose the half note symbol from the toolbar. I expect it to sound for two beats when it is played back. That's not happening. In the example I gave I expect to hear the tied dotted half notes for six beats.
???
got another link... please?
In reply to Thanks ...I have bookmarked… by DWFII
Whether a note sustains depends on the note duration (and here ties come into play too, pun intended), but also on the instrument (and soundfont), a banjo (like you were using in another thread) has a rather short suspend by the very nature of that instrument, a harp has it much longer, an organ has it indefinitely
In reply to Whether a note sustains… by Jojo-Schmitz
So if I start a new score using five string banjo for my instrument, can I change the instrument (like organ) in the mixer to get more sustain?
In reply to So if I start a new score… by DWFII
Yes, but it'd sound rather wierd
In reply to Yes, but it'd sound rather… by Jojo-Schmitz
It doesn't, really. My aim was to create a score that would articulate the melody so that it was recognizable and memorable and then give me a tab of just that melody that I could riff off of. In banjo,
I'll take the tab that Musescore creates and copy it to Tabrite and then start eliminating notes (even some melody notes) and adding bum-ditties and pinches.
For instance, those two dotted half notes will become eighth notes with drone echos (bum-ditties) and pinches.
Having said that, I'm about as green as they come )even to the banjo...never played a string intrument before January... so if that makes sense, great. If not, pardon me.
In reply to Whether a note sustains… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you. OK, I changed my midi instrument to an electric piano and i like it. Sounds a clear note and sustains well.
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Here is test 8 of my attempts. Note how, during playback, the sound doesn't sustain in measures three and four or in measures seven and eight.
What am I doing wrong?
test eight.mscz
In reply to Here is test 8 of my… by DWFII
There are also inherent limitations in MuseScore's playback with fretted string instruments. See discussion and workarounds here:
https://musescore.org/en/node/319340
In reply to Here is test 8 of my… by DWFII
As said: a Banjo just doesn't sustain that long.
So you're not doing anything wrong, your expectations are just wrong.
In reply to As said: a Banjo just doesn… by Jojo-Schmitz
You looked at my last attempt then (test eight)? Thank you for that and for the kind words and help.
In reply to You looked at my last… by DWFII
Yes