Musescore 3 Parts
So I have recently updated to Musescore 3 and noticed there was something off, so to speak, about the separate parts within a score I was working on. I've been writing a battery book to a marching show and had created 4 different parts which were a full battery, snare line, tenor line, and bass line. However, unlike in Musescore 2.3.2, when I go into one of these individual parts and listen to the playback, I noticed that all the music in the show is playing when I only want to hear that one part. I hope I explained this well enough to understand what time saying, any help is appreciated. Thank you.
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With MS 3, playback generally gives you all parts. You can, however, use the mixer to select/mute parts as you wish.
With MS 2, I had the opposite problem. I wanted to view single instruments, but listen to the whole score or groups of instruments. The solution/workaround at that time was to use the Edit Instruments>Visibility along with the solo/mute functions in the mixer to select the wanted audio.
I kind of like it the way it is now, but I recognize that it may be a frustration for others.
In reply to With MS 3, playback… by toffle
_ I recognize that it may be a frustration for others._
At first I thought it was a terrible idea, but the more I think about it, the more I see it's just a matter of educating people as to why it is this way. There is a proposal to put a button in parts similar to the page/continuous view button that would make it easier to playback only the part. I've seen no further discussion of actually implementing it.
In reply to _ I recognize that it may be… by mike320
To me, the current behavior is potentially a good idea, but there are two issues:
I don't think there is a good story for either of these cases right now, but they are not unsolvable. A toolbar button (or something in the mixer) to "solo all parts" could do the job if implemented with this in mind.
BTW, a tour that pops up when you first hit Play while viewing a part seems like it would take some of the heat off this FAQ...
In reply to To me, it's potentially, a… by Marc Sabatella
A tour for the current function is a good idea. I think they're good for most FAQs.
My preferred solution is to have a parts toolbar that appears only in parts. It would have a toggle like concert pitch or dropdown like view modes that allows the user to select part or score for playback. I know this would likely complicate the mixer and I don't know of a good way to implement it. The mixer would need to be updated any time a part or score is entered.