Accent seems to have no effect
I'm confused as to why the sforzato accent in Musescore seems to have no effect. The staccato works so it seems to me I am entering accents correctly but sforzato has no effect that I can hear. (Fairly new with Musescore.)
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At this time, many articulations and accents do not play back, but are there only for the notation capabilities.
In reply to At this time, many by xavierjazz
Why?
In reply to Why? by mcgyvr2009i
You can, however, with a right-click on the note, increase the velocity type
(the inverse of what is explained here: http://musescore.org/en/node/24504)
In reply to Why? by mcgyvr2009i
To expand on the above:
MuseScore is a *notation* program first and foremost. It's purpose is to allow you to produce printed (or otherwise viewed) sheet music. The fact that it happens to also provide some sort of approximation of the playback is kind of a bonus, but it is not the main purpose of the program and its features in this area are limited. So the focus of development is on getting the score to render well on screen or paper, not on how it sounds when played back (although playback does get *some* attention).
So anyyhow, so far, playback of sforzato hasn't been important enough to implement compared to the notation features that are the main focus of MuseScore. But if you wish to increase the playback volume of any given note, you can do so by right clicking it and selecting Note Properties, then setting velocity to User and a number from 1-127.
In reply to To expand on the by Marc Sabatella
To add to Marc's comment: there are so many aspects to a notation program, and it being a notation program, playback is a secondary concern.
However, I am sure the programmers would welcome any assistance, so if you are able to program, perhaps you can contribute on that level?
Regards,
I am the original poster, not the person who asked why. I assumed that that function had just not been implemented as of yet. MuseScore, like every other program in the universe, comes out with periodic updates.
So, are there any plans to implement accents in MuseScore?
In reply to I am the original poster, not by projecttoday
It was almost done for the next version of MuseScore. I tested and it didn't work. So I just fixed it in b9b5d20d0a You can try a nightly build. See [[nodetitle:Download]]
By default, sforzato accents will be played 30% louder than the current dynamic (if possible of course, so not for ffff)
In reply to It was almost done for the by [DELETED] 5
Lasconic, could a similar fix be done to render articulations properly when importing 1.3 scores, rather than requiring one to do the "change instruments" trick to force the change?
In reply to Lasconic, could a similar fix by schepers
Done d39a0f8f9
In reply to Done d39a0f8f9 by [DELETED] 5
Along these lines, but more specifically as per #24246: Playback of piano notes is non-legato / #16887: Slur and phrase end notes should play at 90% length / #25259: [2.0] Staccato note duration on flute too long:
Last I heard, you had made it so for flute and piano, default gate time was 95% of nominal length, so there was an ever-so-slight break between notes. Adding a slur made it 100% (which is the default for all other instruments, and always was for all instruments in 1.3). Is this still the case?
I think maybe I can hear the difference, but it's subtle, or maybe it's even in my imagination and that isn't even there any more?
If I am not sure I can hear the difference between slur and non-slurred playback, then I guess I can't complain 95% is too short. But I definitely wouldn't want it any shorter just to make the slur more noticeable.
What do others think?
In reply to Done d39a0f8f9 by [DELETED] 5
Thank you Lasconic! At least the staccato articulation I was concerned about plays fine now. I haven't checked any others.
In reply to Thank you Lasconic! At least by schepers
It's only staccato, sforzato and tenuto that have an effect on playback in nightlies currently. They act on gateTime and Velocity according to the instruments.xml file. Also prall and mordent have an effect, but it's hard coded.
In reply to It's only staccato, sforzato by [DELETED] 5
I know, but it's a good step for the 1.x scores.