How to notate bass-guitar bend?
Near the end of the second measure is a bend/release. Is this correctly notated? I wanted to represent how long to hold the three notes, so I don't think MuseScore's bend/release articulation can do that.
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Your attached picture already shows the notation.
If you are looking for playback using bend/release, open this in MuseScore:
Bend-Release.mscz
Basically, the durations of three notes (2 sixteenth notes + 1 eighth note) in your picture are combined into a single note (one quarter note) to which the articulation is applied, and then "shaped" in the Inspector.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/bends#bend-shape-width
For playback, and if you wish to keep your notation, you can add this quarter note bend to your score, entering it either on its own hidden staff or adding it as a hidden voice in the same staff. (Mute any existing notes to avoid simultaneous playback conflict).
In reply to Your attached picture… by Jm6stringer
Thanks! I wasn't even asking how to play the bend, but it sounds pretty nice. I don't want to go to the trouble of also keeping my original notation (your last paragraph), so I just left it the way you suggested, with the bend/release. Close enough for rock and roll.