Setting “Custom Tablature” in Instruments windows results in standard staff

• Dec 12, 2018 - 13:23
Reported version
3.0
Priority
P0 - Critical
Type
Development
Frequency
Many
Severity
S2 - Critical
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

OS: macOS High Sierra (10.13),
Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.0.0.19792,
revision: c3e2326

How to reproduce

1.Create score with Plucked String inst.
2.Choose Staff type either of these, “Custom Tablature” “Custom Percussion” “Custom Standard”
3. click OK.
Staff types are forced to change “Standard”

staff.gif

Comments

• Dec 12, 2018 - 14:41
Priority ⇒ P1 - High

I can confirm that this happens. I confess I have no idea what "Custom tablature" is supposed to do here, though? For now, I suggest not using that option :-)

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• Dec 12, 2018 - 14:41
Title “Custom Tablature” forced to change “Standard” ⇒ Setting “Custom Tablature” in Instruments windows results in standard staff
Type Functional ⇒ Development

I can confirm that this happens. I confess I have no idea what "Custom tablature" is supposed to do here, though? For now, I suggest not using that option :-)

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• Dec 13, 2018 - 00:52

Hello Marc

My situation about “Custom Tablature”

1.Create the TAB score with Staff type “Tab 6-str.simple”
2. Select the TAB score, Staff Properties—>”Advanced Type Properties”
3.Check “Show fingering in tablature or “show rest” in Note Value tab

Open Instruments window. Staff type is now turned into “Custom Tablature.

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• Dec 13, 2018 - 01:39
Priority P1 - High ⇒ P0 - Critical
Severity S3 - Major ⇒ S2 - Critical

Oh, I see - it's not that you are using Edit / Instruments to change the staff type to custom; you changed it already but Edit / Instruments messes it up.

1) new score for guitar tablature
2) staff properties / advanced style properties
3) change something
4) OK
5) Edit / Instruments (make no changes)
6) OK

Result: the staff changes from tab to standard, potentially losing info along the way

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• Dec 13, 2018 - 05:37

"CustomTablature" (and "CustomStandard"/"CustumPercussion") were introduced here: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/commit/070f767c938235ec60c67ec8b…

To fix: #278320: Tablature staves reported as standard in Instruments dialog

EDIT: and I don't think there is a critical aspect or consequence (but need to check further). Probably only a display issue (as the previous "fixed" issue, but which would have changed face somehow right - according to my understanding just right now).
As also this other one and "neighbour": #30096: Changes to advanced style properties in tablature causes clef in Instruments to change

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