IMPROVE ARPEGGIO PLAYBACK (IN INSTRUMENTS LIKE PIANO AND HARP)

• Sep 9, 2012 - 17:42

For example: I'm using an arpeggio for a piano arrangement, when I play it, if there are arpeggios simultaneously in both hands, the arpeggio is executed at the same time. MuseScore could play first bass clef (or the lower) and then the sol clef (or the higher) in the case of increasing arpeggios and the otherwise in decreasing arpeggios. What do you think?


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In reply to by ChurchOrganist

Where can I read some detail on how arpeggios are fully customisable? Specifically, how to make them PLAY between voices (starting at the bottom note of the second voice and ending at the top note of the first voice) and between the bass and treble clefs of a piano (starting at the bottom note of the bass clef and ending at the top of treble clef). I know how to stretch the top of the marking to make it LOOK like it's doing those operations, but the player doesn't recognize that. Is there some multi-key stroking needed to make them move (like pedal markings) to where the arpeggio is actually played from beginning to end by the player? Sorry if this has already been addressed, but I couldn't find it.

In reply to by hmscomp

You can do it manually by going into the pianoroll editor and fiddling with the on times and length. I had the same issue, but managed to get it to work that way. Just be warned that if the notes played by the left hand are of a different length than the notes played by the right, the "on time" increment will not be the same between the two. Each full note has a "length" of 1000; this is not a value, but a percentage of its true duration. For example, if you have the left hand play 3 whole notes followed by the right playing 3 half notes in an arpeggio, if you have each whole note delay the on time by a successive value of 11 (first has an on time of 0, second has 11, third has 22) then you'll want the half notes on the right hand to increment by 22 (first would have an on time of 66, second 88, third 110). Otherwise, the right hand will play twice as fast as the left and it won't sound correct.

Feel free to play around with the actual on-times, though, if you want to add some more dynamic playing. You can add a lot of personality to a piece by messing with the actual times of the notes.

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