Grace note issue
So, yeah, I don't know why but with the second grace note, if I have it at Grace: 32nd(which is what I decided for the motif(Or I could augment the whole thing and make it have Grace: 16th instead) I have), it divides the note into 2 quarter notes. Same for the grace note next to the eighth note but instead it divides into 2 16th notes.
I was expecting to hear an actual 32nd note. Now I tried with the acciatura and it is so short I can't even tell if the duration of the grace note is a 32nd or not. But I don't want to have to write 2 regular 32nd notes because then I am going to have ties in both measures which for a motif that I want to base an entire symphony off of, that is inconvenient for both me and the players. I mean a few ties is fine if I actually want to sustain the note longer than a measure(not that I necessarily would with the symphony being in 4/4 time), but if it is just because of very short notes like 32nds being played and not an actual need to sustain the note for longer, ties are just going to make it more confusing, even if both ways(the one with ties and the one with grace notes) will sound the same or so similar it is hard to tell the difference).
Here is the motif for which I am trying to get the grace notes to sound like 32nd notes.
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Comments
You've entered an Appoggiatura (grace note with no slash through stem), which is indeed by definition supposed to take half the notated value of the main note. You should use an acciaccatura (grace note with stem through slash) instead, and you can then change the duration to appear however you like,
In reply to You've entered an… by Marc Sabatella
I guess OP wants to control the playback duration of the acciaccatura.
In reply to I guess OP wants to control… by rmattes
That's not a thing :-). I mean, there is no notation that will tell a human player how fast to play one, so even if you fiddled around with the piano roll editor to get the playback within MuseScore exactly how you wanted it, that's not going to convey anything to the player. If you want a specific rhythm, write a specific rhythm. If you want a generic fast note, write an acciaccatura, and know it will be up to the player how fast to actually play it.