Spiccato articulation symbol and internal soundfont
I would like to have the Spiccato articulation in Musescore. It is so common and popular and when the string sections gets fast most play off the string anyway. Moreover, even in the classical repertoire where the staccato dot is notated, the players play off the string spiccato in like 95% of the cases I have studied thus far. It has so much more bite, force, and presence than traditional staccato which is really a shortened note. Spiccato also give us that opportunity to let the note ring out and create more presence. Thank you.
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Meanwhile press 'Z'
add it to a custom palette https://musescore.org/en/handbook/palette#custom-palettes
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In reply to Meanwhile press 'Z' by Shoichi
Awesome. What is the exact name of that symbol in english? Large arrow down? Ok, so once I add it to my palette is there a way I can sync the Staccato sound to the symbol so whenever I apply it to a section of music it plays the staccato default sound? Thank you.
In reply to Awesome. What is the exact by Daniel Ani
Hold the mouse on the symbol in the Master Palette to see it's name.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_symbols
Staccatissimo or Spiccato
In reply to Awesome. What is the exact by Daniel Ani
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There is no such articulation—that's just a staccatissimo, also available in the standard palette. See https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/51990/notation-for-spiccato.
In reply to There is no such by Isaac Weiss
The problem here is the confusing wealth of bowings in the violin world. There is staccato, spiccato, sautillé, flying staccato and more, all of them for short notes. There isn't even agreement what all of those mean, not to mention different meanings on different instruments.
The point is though that violinists know when to use spiccato in response to a staccato dot (though they won't always agree on this) and other than in pedagogic material it usually isn't marked as such. It is perfectly fine to just note a staccato dot and--if you want--add the marking "spiccato" in words.
On another note: the distinction between staccato dots and wedges (here called staccatissimo) is the subject of earnest dissertations among period instrument players and Urtext editors. Most of the time though it turns out that it is a distinction without a difference in practice.