Playback issue with suspended chords on guitar
I'm writing a guitar line which includes a bar in 3/4 where the guitar plays an Asus4 chord which then resolves to A major in the same bar - the E4 and A3 are dotted minims in voice 1, the D4 is a minim and the C#4 is a crotchet, both in voice 2. When playing that bar, the sound immediately cuts out on the D note, but plays the other three notes just fine. What's going on here? I can't work out how to fix it.
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Are there multiple instruments playing at the same time? If so, is there another guitar (or instrument like a lute with the same sound selected in the mixer) playing a D at the same time?
There is a known bug in MuseScore where if the same sound is playing the same note two times, the note will stop playing when the first note stops. If this is the case, there is a work around. In the inspector, uncheck play for the note that ends first. There are situations where this will not work, but I'll deal with that if yours applies.
And: If you add (attach.) the problematic score, we may be able to examine it better.
This is the section of the score where I'm having the problem. There's only a soprano voice playing at the same time as this, so different instruments with the same sounds shouldn't be an issue here. Hopefully someone can figure out the solution?
In reply to This is the section of the… by [DELETED] 20177
You've been asked for the score, not a picture of it...
The attached seems to play just fine.
In reply to You've been asked for the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes; Jojo's sample score is working fine.
In reply to You've been asked for the… by Jojo-Schmitz
It works in Musescore 2, that's bizarre... I did write this in MuseScore 1, rather than 2; perhaps it's an issue unique to older versions? I've attached the score in its entirety - it's bar 91, second page from the end.
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Even in 1.3 it seems to me to sound OK.
Maybe you're using too different soundfonts?
In reply to It works in Musescore 2,… by [DELETED] 20177
Also, no problem here.
Can you change it to e.piano/piano (from mixer) and check it again?
In reply to It works in Musescore 2,… by [DELETED] 20177
I think I'm using the default soundfonts.
Through further experimentation, the issue seems to occur across different instruments, but only after the arpeggiated chord beforehand. I've checked by playing the same bar directly after the arpeggio and separately. The arpeggio appears to be interfering with the next bar.
I'm attaching a midi file of the guitar part. It has the arpeggio chord then the sus chord that stops working, then the same sus chord that plays normally. You should be able to hear the difference in playback.
In reply to I think I'm using the… by [DELETED] 20177
OK. I understand. I do not hear it when I play. It's playing normally.
But when I export to audio (wav) that note is cut off. I've examined the MIDI file, the first "d" note is too long, and its "note off" message causes the second "d" note to be cut off.
However, this problem does not occur in the example sent by JoJo; and in the test score I wrote.
It's probably an old version error.
In reply to OK. I understand. I do not… by Ziya Mete Demircan
So I'll have to make the previous note shorter to avoid that... perhaps have the D as a minim in a different voice, with the note offset and a dot added from the symbols list.
Thank you for helping me puzzle it out.