Why are marcato accents so dang violent?
I used a marcato accent in a piano piece and it sounds like the key is being bashed with a hammer. why is it like this
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I used a marcato accent in a piano piece and it sounds like the key is being bashed with a hammer. why is it like this
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What version MuseScore? What soundfont?
Please attach a sample score exhibiting the bashing hammer sound.
In reply to What version MuseScore? What… by Jm6stringer
Current version, default soundfont. any piano note above mf with the ">" accent on it.
In reply to Current version, default… by wrench-breaker
Ah yes, so not the ^ marcato but rather the > accent.
It is harsh.
It's a common problem among soundfonts, playing marcato on a real piano doesn't produce such harsh sound. Neither does playing fortississimo.
In reply to This is exactly the meaning… by Howard-C
How does a marcato affect the dynamics in MuseScore? I can't find any way to make it influence the associated note velocity at all.
In reply to How does a marcato affect… by Spire42
It should affect the dynamics automatically. If you have a problem with it please check in the inspector whether "Play" is ticked and report further.
In reply to It should affect the… by Howard-C
I select a note and double-click the “Marcato above” item in the Articulations panel (or press Shift+O) to add a marcato. I select the marcato and look at the Inspector and see that “Play” is checked. I press Space to play the selection but there is no audible change in velocity. I verify this by turning on MIDI output and checking the actual velocity value using a MIDI monitor: no change at all with or without the marcato.
Should I file a bug?
In reply to I select a note and double… by Spire42
I just restarted MuseScore and created a new score to test this again, but I can no longer reproduce the problem. Then I reopened the score I was testing on initially, and again I can no longer reproduce the problem. Ack.
I'll continue to observe and will file a bug if it comes up again.
I suspect the OP meant "sforzato" - the regular ">" accent you get with Shift+V. It's easy and obvious to reproduce: default empty score, enter four quarter notes, put an accent on one, hit play. It's way too harsh. It's been brought up before, I'm surprised it isn't reported several times a day. Not sure if it's the definition of sforzato in instruments.xml that is the problem (maybe 150 is too much velocity change, or maybe it is just for piano), or maybe it's a soundfont issue where the difference between 80 velocity and 120 is just out of whack). But it's something that should be looked at, taking into consideration a variety of instruments and soundfonts and dynamic levels.
In reply to I suspect the OP meant … by Marc Sabatella
I wish one could customize the "secret articulation parameters" of a score, per score, now in the mscx/z, but with no way other than XML editing to modify them.
In reply to I wish one could customize… by [DELETED] 1831606
While we're tossing coins into the well, I would go further and wish that one could also customize the articulation parameters per articulation instance, analogous to the way velocities can currently be set per note.
In reply to While we're tossing coins… by Spire42
You can do that with the articulation plugins: https://musescore.org/en/project/articulation-and-ornamentation-control .
In reply to I suspect the OP meant … by Marc Sabatella
yeah, that's what i'm saying
In reply to I suspect the OP meant … by Marc Sabatella
Indeed; I find myself adding a negative offset to every note with an accent, just to make it less extreme. It's even louder than a marcato!