Palm Mutes in tablature format
Normally, palm mutes on a guitar tab have a "X" note head to represent a palm mute. Strange thing is that you can technically make a palm mute with a cross note head on a staff but not on a guitar tab. Is this some kind of glitch or is the software unable to produce guitar palm mutes yet? I'm aware staccatos can be used instead of the "X" but I'm looking for this particular note head.
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As mentioned in the Handbook under Tablature, you can get that symbol on a tab staff by pressing "Shift+X" - except the Handbook calls them ghost notes, and the information is buried pretty well. so its easy to miss.
In reply to As mentioned in the Handbook by Marc Sabatella
Thank you very much
In reply to As mentioned in the Handbook by Marc Sabatella
Which version was this? I have just tried this and all I am getting in the playback is the open string on which the X notehead is on, rather than the "scrapy" sound that you'd normally get when you play this. If it helps, I am using version 3.0.
In reply to Which version was this? I… by call.me.ginge
You really need to start a new thread for 3.0. This was written 3 years before 3.0 existed.
In reply to Which version was this? I… by call.me.ginge
This notation is not supported for playback currently.
In reply to This notation is not… by Marc Sabatella
So I have built a complete staff with all muted tones separately? Annoying!
In reply to So I have built a complete… by Robert Dusemund
It’s not clear what you mean here, but if you attach your score and describe your issue in more detail, we can understand and assist better.
My best guess is that you mean, you have figured out that one a way to get playback is to copy/paste the notes to a separate staff. There are other ways to that might be better, or not, depending on the situation.
In reply to It’s not clear what you mean… by Marc Sabatella
Sorry! I forgot to mention that it's about the playback. Displaying is no problem.
But as you mentioned yourself, playback is not implemented yet, and that's what is annoying to me... Thanks!
In reply to Sorry! I forgot to mention… by Robert Dusemund
And as I mentioned, there are several
solutions that can work well depending on the situation. If you attach your score so we can understand your specific situation, we’re happy to help.
In reply to Sorry! I forgot to mention… by Robert Dusemund
Sorry! I forgot to mention that it's about the playback.
Here's a sample score:
Playback.mscz
Sorry to disagree, but palm mute has not X head, this is another different technique.
The X head is a string muted by the left hand thus producing a noise instead of a tone. How you would know which fret to play with a X head on a TAB????.
However, palm mute is produced by the right palm on the string placed as near the bridge as you can, thus producing a muted version of the note, but preserving the tone.
The correct symbol of palm mutting is the following line above the note section:
P.M.------------|
In reply to Sorry to disagree, but palm by Danicano
Replied at https://musescore.org/en/node/180086#comment-671041.
In reply to Sorry to disagree, but palm by Danicano
How to reproduce this in Tab + Standard Notation ?
In reply to How to reproduce this in Tab… by wolfgan
A line over the note? Add it from the Lines palette.
I'm also facing the same problem's
In reply to I'm also facing the same… by rajendran
So, did the solutions given here work for you? If you are still having trouble after following the procedures explained in this thread, please attach your score and explain exactly what you are doing, what you expect to see happen, and what happens instead.