I am working on an arrangement for a clarinet quartet, but when I add slurs/ties to two notes, it does not sound in playback. For example: This
sounds like this in playback
. If this is something I am doing wrong, which is completely possible, then I am unable to find out what or how to fix it. I have reported this as a bug, but was then told that it was not one, just a feature Musescore does not have yet (which is weird because this was not an issue when I first downloaded the program, but it is what it is I suppose). I know this is minor, but if at all possible and not too much trouble, can a sound for slurs in playback be added? That would make Musescore much easier to use.
MuseScore makes difference between a slur and a tie. A tie is entered with + or with the tie button in the top toolbar, it's used to add up the duration of the notes and it does playback. A slur or legato is entered with S and can span several notes (Double click and use Shift + Right to extend, or select two notes, press S). Legato is played but it's very (too much...) subtle currently.
Yes. The MIDI standard doesn't provide a really clear obvious way to implement slurs. That's not to say it's impossible, it would just require a lot of effort, kind of along the same lines as the enormous work that went into support single note dynamics recently.
"Why not just treat a slur between two identical notes as a tie?"
A tie and a slur are different entities with very different properties. Please, let's not use AI to cover up user mistakes! People have to learn a minimum of music theory...
At one time, MuseScore had a feature where certain actions would cause a little popup to appear with some context-sensitive help. I always had a notion to add one for that case - the first you tried to add a slur between notes of the same pitch, the popup would inform you of the difference. It's not out of the question that such a feature might return someday. After all, Muse just announced they are hiring in the AI field, although I suspect that is more about their websites than about MuseScore.
Anyhow, slurs between notes of the same pitch are perfectly possible if not that common except maybe in string music. So automatically just turning them into ties would be a bad idea.
In my example, i want a slur in voice 1 from the first g to the c. I click on the first g, press s and extend it with SHIFT + RIGHTARROW to the c.
If it is transformed to a tie, to which position would further SHIFT + RIGHTARROW put the "tie"? There is no further g.
How about instead of the difficult task of trying to implement a slide sound in MIDI just do a simple workaround: have the beginning and ending notes sound where they are supposed to. It makes it much more listenable/intuitive and the user can figure out they are supposed to slide there from notation.
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Slurs indeed don't play back (yet), but ties do, and this example indicates that you should be using ties.
MuseScore makes difference between a slur and a tie. A tie is entered with + or with the tie button in the top toolbar, it's used to add up the duration of the notes and it does playback. A slur or legato is entered with S and can span several notes (Double click and use Shift + Right to extend, or select two notes, press S). Legato is played but it's very (too much...) subtle currently.
I agree, a slur not working is to be reported as bug. see https://musescore.org/en/node/289396
In reply to I agree, a slur not working… by Xianyue賢越
#289396: Implement Slur Playback Not a bug, but a missing feature
In reply to #289396: 3.0.5.5992 Slur… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sir, is this still a missing feature?
In reply to Sir, is this still a missing… by conspicuousdu
Yes. The MIDI standard doesn't provide a really clear obvious way to implement slurs. That's not to say it's impossible, it would just require a lot of effort, kind of along the same lines as the enormous work that went into support single note dynamics recently.
In reply to Yes. The MIDI standard… by Marc Sabatella
Why not just treat a slur between two identical notes as a tie?
In reply to Why not just treat a slur… by speeljongen
"Why not just treat a slur between two identical notes as a tie?"
A tie and a slur are different entities with very different properties. Please, let's not use AI to cover up user mistakes! People have to learn a minimum of music theory...
In reply to Why not just treat a slur… by speeljongen
At one time, MuseScore had a feature where certain actions would cause a little popup to appear with some context-sensitive help. I always had a notion to add one for that case - the first you tried to add a slur between notes of the same pitch, the popup would inform you of the difference. It's not out of the question that such a feature might return someday. After all, Muse just announced they are hiring in the AI field, although I suspect that is more about their websites than about MuseScore.
Anyhow, slurs between notes of the same pitch are perfectly possible if not that common except maybe in string music. So automatically just turning them into ties would be a bad idea.
In reply to Why not just treat a slur… by speeljongen
In my example, i want a slur in voice 1 from the first g to the c. I click on the first g, press s and extend it with SHIFT + RIGHTARROW to the c.
![slur.png]( "slur.png")
If it is transformed to a tie, to which position would further SHIFT + RIGHTARROW put the "tie"? There is no further g.
How about instead of the difficult task of trying to implement a slide sound in MIDI just do a simple workaround: have the beginning and ending notes sound where they are supposed to. It makes it much more listenable/intuitive and the user can figure out they are supposed to slide there from notation.