How control appearance of tremolo?
I'm trying to reproduce this:
and I get this:
(which is not very delicate or discreet!).
And I don't seem to be able to correct the size or angle of the tremolo symbol. Any advice?
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There is no direct way to achieve this. But as often, one can find a workaround by using another voice.
![angle.jpg]( "angle.jpg")
For example: enter in voice 2 a quarter rest and two quarter notes (one high, the second lower, according to the desired angle of the tremolo). This will have the effect of shortening the length of the tremolo, and thus now, add the tremolo sign)
This done, disable the playback (in Inspector) of the notes in voice 2, and hide them, as well as the tremolo sign in voice 1.
result:
NB : it is written on the manuscript “very delicate and discrete”. You understand this about the visual aspect of the tremolo. But perhaps this is just about the dynamics (and playback), another way to indicate a dynamic "pp", as you have already done?
So question: is the game really worth it the candle?
Though you cannot see the stems, they are "there" on whole note. If you put a single tremolo on a whole note you will see which way the "stem" is pointed. Select it a press x and the "stem" will flip like any other note. Cadiz1's idea is on the right track, but the second voice is unnecessary.
Here is a picture of the notes before and after tremolo has been added.
In reply to Though you cannot see the… by mike320
Indeed for the stems. But this doesn't change the length of the tremolo sign (as on the manuscript). Hence the second voice. But as said previously: really need all this for that?! Probably not :)
![leng1.jpg]( "leng1.jpg")
In reply to Indeed for the stems. But… by cadiz1
Thanks both. I didn't realise there were invisible stems on the semibreves! I'm happy with the result simply reversing all the stems. Here's the result:
![tremolo3.PNG]( "tremolo3.PNG")
In reply to Thanks both. I didn't… by crispin
Yep, good result. The better way.
In reply to Indeed for the stems. But… by cadiz1
I suspected his problem was more with the angle than the length of the tremolo. I agree with crispin, the default direction of the stems made for ugly tremolos in this case.
In reply to I suspected his problem was… by mike320
but how do you shorten the length of the tremolo?? I can get the angle but it almost overlaps the notes
In reply to but how do you shorten the… by athos1969
You're right. The tremolo is disproportionately long. And the length is not editable. With V3, in the same case, you get this - image below.
This deserves a bug report on GitHUB, here: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues
(I had a quick look, e.g. first page, https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues?q=tremolo,
I don't see a report for this, which seems surprising)
Version 3 (3.6.2)
![tremolo v3.jpg]( "tremolo v3.jpg")
vs. Version 4 (4.2.1)