Tie Problems
Hey guys. I'm notating an arrangement my friend made and it's full of eight and sixteenth notes so the notes tend to bee closer together hence making ties difficult to see. I know that using page/line brakes or stretching the measures will make more space and thus solve my problem. But it will also give me a score with A LOT of pages the which I'm also trying to avoid. Attached is a picture of what I would like to have. I used a SLUR for the bottom image, the top one is a real tie. I know I can't substitute slurs for all my ties, it would sound terrible on playback. Thanks in advance! <3 MuseScore
PS. I'm using the 1.3 version and also is there a plugin for this or something? Thanks again!
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The next version will have this fixed. Until then you could 'add stretch' so that there are less measures and hence more space per line
The workarounds I normally use in 1.3 depend on the specific case, but they include:
- add space after the first note of tie (or before second note) via right click / Note Properties / Extra leading/trailing space
- double click the tie to edit it, move the end points further apart
- add stretch to just that measure
- drag the tie up or down to clear the staff line
As mentioned, 2.0 will fix this. See http://musescore.org/en/node/25102. BTW, when loading a score saved in 1.3, it will automatically strip away most of the manual adjustments you might have made in an effort to work around these problems. So assuming we did our job correctly, you can do whatever you want to workaround the problem in 1.3 and it will look good in 2.0 because it will use the new defaults.
In reply to The workarounds I normally by Marc Sabatella
Thanks! :)
BTW, will MuseScore 2.0 still be free? I mean you know, just upgrade my 1.3 to 2.0 for free?
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In reply to Thanks! :) BTW, will by KCMusikero
Yes MuseScore 2.0 will be free but your donation will always be welcome http://musescore.org/en/donate
Workaround...
Click on the second note in the tie,
Double-click on an arpeggio,
Right-click, "Select all similar" and make the arpeggios invisible.
For chords (where you don't want to hear an arpeggio at playback), choose a semi-quaver grace note instead but you'll have to make them invisible individually as "Select All Similar" would just select all notes.