Hammer-ons, Pull-offs, etc.
I did a quick search here and didn't find anything definitive regarding hammer-ons and pull-offs. Is this a feature that has been implemented, or any suggestions as to how to accomplish these? Thanks.
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There is no built-in feature for those at the moment.
In reply to There is no built-in feature… by jeetee
Ok. Thank you.
Hi Paul,
Regarding notation:
A slur suffices for either a hammer-on or pull-off in classical guitar notation and in other styles. The direction of the pitch sufficiently informs the reader ... so no other symbol is needed to explicitly indicate hammer on vs. pull-off.
If you're looking for the relatively popular like HO / PO convention—sometimes used in folk or popular guitar notation— there's currently no option to automatically apply those in MuseScore 3.6.2 , but you can add staff text objects, and they copy/paste well.
Regarding playback:
Are your requesting more realistic playback via an automatic softening of the amplitude and a thinning of timbre, a characteristic produced by a real world hammer-on or pull-off? If so, hopefully that's coming in MuseScore 4.0's sound library.
scorster
In reply to Hi Paul, Regarding notation:… by scorster
It was more for notation purposes. The audible amplitude change would be cool, though.
In reply to Hi Paul, Regarding notation:… by scorster
The problem is if you have a chord and want a middle note of that chord to slur, by default the slur doesn't apply to the note you currently have selected, seems to use the top note of the chord ... You can reposition it but it would be nice if it just applied it to the note you had selected (i.e. source and target note)
In reply to The problem is if you have a… by malcolmmccaff
In contrast to ties, slurs are connecting chords, not notes
In reply to In contrast to ties, slurs… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes but in the case of hammer ons it’s notes not chords that need to be connected
In reply to Yes but in the case of… by malcolmmccaff
Well, then a slur is the wrong tool for this I guess
In reply to The problem is if you have a… by malcolmmccaff
In Musescore a slur seems to be related more to piano music than to guitar music. If you want to indicate hammer on or pull off then you really need to use stave texts.
In reply to In Musescore a slur seems to… by yonah_ag
I’ve found in classical guitar and some professional transcriptions the hammer on is indicated with a symbol that is essentially a slur, but the way slur works in MuseScore doesn’t work atm. Some guitar texts use the slur plus a H or P stave text
In reply to I’ve found in classical… by malcolmmccaff
Exactly, hammer on or pull off in classical guitar are usually slurs. I use a stave text, (H or P), over the hammered or pulled note, as in the 3rd full measure of this score but it would be nice if MS handled these properly, including playback. I tend to just reduce the volume slightly using note velocity.
https://musescore.com/user/28842914/scores/11498626