Guitar strums
Hey! I know that Musescore is designed for score writing and not for the synth aspects. But reality is that I am more and more interested in using the sounds that I hear from the synth when editing home recordings.
I don't know how this works but this is what I hear. The Classical Guitar is plucked, all notes simultaneously in chords. And both the Electric Guitar and Acoustic Guitar are strummed, like with a flatpick. I'd like to get both downstroke and upstroke strums, but I don't see how to do that. Also, the Classical Guitar, in practice, can be strummed with the thumb. Yet, I don't see that effect anywhere. I am wondering mainly about getting upstrokes, but it would also be interesting to be able to strum a violin or a tuba or other traditionally non-strummed instruments. In fact, it would be cool to bow a guitar or a trombone, just to hear what it sounds like.
Am I dreaming?
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For down-up strums you can use arpeggios.
Have a listen: Strums.mscz
In this example the acoustic 'strums' are a little quicker than the classical.
This 'quickness' of the strum can be set in the Inspector using 'Stretch' .
Regarding traditionally non-strummed instruments...
Since soundfonts are sampled from real instruments you are welcome to find someone 'strumming' a tuba or 'bowing' a trombone and record samples for your soundfont. (Probably not gonna' happen... ;-)
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/soundfonts-and-sfz-files#soundfonts
In reply to For down-up strums you can… by Jm6stringer
Jm6stringer: Thanx but that link does not work. I'd like to check it out, what you've done.
In reply to Jm6stringer: Thanx but that… by Rockhoven
Which link?
The "Strums" is a MuseScore file which you open in the MuseScore app. What version are you using?
In reply to Which link? The "Strums" is… by Jm6stringer
I have the latest version. That link that you posted to Strums.mscz does not go anywhere. It does not download an mscz file.
In reply to I have the latest version… by Rockhoven
It does for me
In reply to It does for me by Jojo-Schmitz
It takes me to this and there's nothing there.
https://musescore.org/sites/musescore.org/files/2020-02/Strums.mscz
This is a little bit better. It says Page not Found!
https://musescore.org/files/2020-02/Strums.mscz
In reply to It takes me to this and… by Rockhoven
It takes me to this and there's nothing there.
https://musescore.org/sites/musescore.org/files/2020-02/Strums.mscz
OK... go there and locate then click on the 'Open' prompt (at the bottom of the page).
Alternatively, right click on Strums.mscz (posted above) and then 'Save target as' to save the file on your computer where you can then open in MuseScore.
In reply to It takes me to this and… by Jm6stringer
Sorry. there's absolutely nothing on the page and right click does not give the option "Save Target As." I wish it were so!
In reply to Sorry. there's absolutely… by Rockhoven
Wait! I've got 11 downloads of this. It's automatic.
In reply to Wait! I've got 11 downloads… by Rockhoven
Interesting. That's a good start on getting strums. But can you strum a tuba? I think so. So you did this with just those arrow lines? I know you can't do that with a tuba. But maybe there's another way?
In reply to Interesting. That's a good… by Rockhoven
I've already got the lyrics!
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
strumming on my old trombone.
In reply to Interesting. That's a good… by Rockhoven
So you did this with just those arrow lines?
Yes, and using the 'Stretch' property in the Inspector.
Click on an arrow to view the 'Stretch' number in the Inspector.
In reply to So you did this with just… by Jm6stringer
That stretch is really nifty. I can get some really natural sounds with that. Those arrows only work with guitars? Where can I find the arrows? I think I managed to strum a trombone using fast arpeggios. It's meh. But the tuba that follows is quite nice. See attachment.
I found the arrows and they work with the tuba. They sound much better than the arpeggios.