Editing dynamic results in incorrect spacing

• Jan 4, 2024 - 17:27

I wanted to create a sffp dynamic. I entered a sff into the score and then edited adding CTRL+SHIFT+p. The p was added correctly at the end but the space between the two fs increased. The same thing happens if I start with sfp and insert another forte with CTRL+SHIFT+f.

See picture.

sffp.jpg

I get this with both v 3.6.2 and v 4.2.0.

I don't think this has been reported on Github yet. Please let me know if you have seen it there.

Also, is there a workaround to get the correct spacing?

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• Jan 4, 2024 - 19:53

I did some experimenting with this. I got the same results you did. But see below.
Do yo expect playback of this?
I discovered two odd things.
1. I used a score that had two half notes next to each other. I put a sf on one and a fp on the other. I moved them next to each other, and took a screen shot. Clipped to just around the dynamic. Opened it in paind and saved as a png. in my screenshots folder. Dragged that image to a score and resized as needed. Dragged that to a palette. No image showed in the palette, but it was there. I was able to drag it to a score.
It may or may not be what you are after.

  1. I discovered something really odd (in MU4? No way!). I have an old test score. It was created many moons ago in Sibelius. I have opened and closed it many, many times in MU3 andMU4. If I try what you did, I didn't get the gaps. But I was unable to drag the resulting new dynamic to a palette. I could move it around, just not to a palette.
    No idea what any of it means. Now I must go lay down.

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