harp notation
Okay, so I found the harp pedal notation in F9 and entered the notation in place, but you need a magnifying glass to see it. I cannot seem to enlarge IT without enlarging all of the staff text.
Also...during the course of the piece I must note harp pedal changes, such as G#
I cannot seem to find a way to enter an accidental on staff text.
Comments
You'll find accidentals inside special symbols (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/text-editing#symbols-and-special-char…) under common symbols or musical symbols->standard accidentals.
In reply to You'll find accidentals… by kuwitt
Thanks, kuwitt. I missed the text edit shortcuts,too.
It sounds like you are changing he text style rather than the text properties.
In reply to It sounds like you are… by mike320
Precisely.
In reply to Precisely. by penne vodka
Change the properties to change how one piece of text looks and change the style to change how all of the same type of text looks.
In reply to Change the properties to… by mike320
I fixed it. I used text properties instead of text style. One could see the pedal notation and nothing else is distorted.
As long as I have you on the line and to avoid beginning another thread wherein I further demonstrate my incompetence to all, I have a lost soundfont.
15 instruments. Dance suite. 1st dance. I use Musescore general fonts. I added a bass clarinet from Aegean and forgot how. I think I put Aegean first on synth temporarily and clicked "saved to score" after I put bass clarinet sound in mixer, then returned Musey on top. The bass clarinet sound is still there and my Musey soundfonts are in order. Fine!
Now in the second dance the bass clarinet sound is not there, only a regular clarinet sound. I am afraid to click save to score because I don't want to destroy this piece. Did I do it right the first time? If so, I'll do'er again.
Please note: on my first PC I deleted the ******* OS. I don't like clicking on things unless I'm sure.
In reply to I fixed it. I used text… by penne vodka
I'm not totally sure what you did or convinced that what you say is correct. Have you looked at https://musescore.org/en/handbook/synthesizer#synth-settings? You should not be able to hear sounds from the Aegean unless it's loaded, and you must do this separately from loading the score if the sound font is not in the same spot in the list.
In reply to I'm not totally sure what… by mike320
I'm not sure what I did either. It was 3 in the morning and I could not sleep. However, I read back some older posts and figure it out. I have a bass clarinet.
I also discovered a "muted harmon trumpet" among the Aegean. I went back to the Adagio from a ballet score and used the muted trumpet for the muted trombone I wanted. I remembered from my old MIDI instrument that the sound of the muted trumpet in the lower register is close enough to muted tbone for this purpose.
However...a while back I read a long post (which I can't locate) wherein the writer said
(I paraphrase):
If you add multiple soundfonts for playback on MuseScore, DON'T BOTHER, because what will be played back is dependent upon the soundfont available to MuseScore.
True?
In reply to I'm not sure what I did… by penne vodka
If you add multiple soundfonts for playback on MuseScore, DON'T BOTHER, because what will be played back is dependent upon the soundfont available to MuseScore.
This is not a rule but a guideline. If you upload your score to MuseScore.com you can upload the audio from your computer so this would not be true. If you want someone to be able to play the MuseScore file on their own computer then they need the same soundfonts you have in the same order for it to sound the same. If they have different soundfonts or even the same soundfonts in a different order then there is no guarantee what they will hear. What is actually true is that if you never change from the default soundfont and someone else never uses the default it will probably sound different. This is both the curse and blessing of sharing MuseScore files.