Arpeggio not connecting multiple voices
When I select notes from more than 1 voice and press the arpeggio, it creates 2 separate arpeggios and is disconnected. How do I make it 1 single arpeggio?
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If there are two voices it implies there are two independent parts (notionally two players each with their own line). Two players would surely start their arpeggios at the same time rather than one starting when the other has finished. If you want a single arpeggio to cover all the notes then it really only makes sense if the notes are in the same voice.
In reply to If there are two voices it… by SteveBlower
What if they start in an arpeggio but the voices have different durations
In reply to What if they start in an… by IanDaBest
What would you want to happen?
I can imagine something like this
But I doubt anyone would notice that this simpler alternative sounded different unless they heard them one immediately after the other to compare.
In reply to If there are two voices it… by SteveBlower
In keyboard music, cross-voice arpeggio is a real case. For instance, LilyPond describes it here: https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/expressive-marks-…
under "Creating arpeggios across notes in different voices".
In reply to In keyboard music, cross… by hstanekovic
It can be written in Musescore. Attach the arpeggio to the upper note, select the lower handle of the arpeggio and press down arrow to extend it downwards. Or alternatively attach the arpeggio to the lower voice and extend upwards to cover the upper notes However, Musescore only plays an arpeggio in the voce to which it is attached. And of course Lilypond doesn't play back anything!
There is already a relevant feature request here https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/14362
Extending an arpeggio across two voices is a known limitation in MS4
See the Github issue "Arpeggios: not possible to extend correct playback across voices or staves #14362":
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/14362