Associate "Ghost"/"Palm Mute" Notes to Appropriate Sound
I've been reading all the posts on the forum dealing with "palm mute" note or "ghost" notes etc... and have come across the shift+x key shortcut, but it only affects the notation and not the sound.
There has been people talking about changing soundfonts etc.. but every explanation is too brief or too noob-friendly. I have used Musescore for several years now but have never touched anything to the settings except key shortcuts.
Can someone guide me a bit into how I can bind any note marked with shift+x to have a muted sound ?
Thanks a lot
PS : Primarily for Electric Guitar and Electric Bass (in case I need to find sound for each string of each instrument)
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The electric guitar has several sound channels already included in it including a mute sound (palm mute). If you press F10 to open the mixer you will see an arrow at the top left of the box with the vertical volume button. Click this, and all of the channels will be revealed. You can press F10 to close the mixer also, this is only for informational purposes.
You cannot assign a sound to a notehead on a guitar, only on unpitched drums. To change to mute notes you need to use staff text. Add the text to the first note you want a new sound on, right click the text and choose staff text properties. Next, select the voices that will be affected by the sound and change to the channel with the correct sound and click OK. You can make the staff text invisible by selecting it and pressing v if there is another way you are telling the musican to use a different sound, like an x notehead for a ghost note or even a palm mute line. If you are not aware, you can use these methods for all of the sounds available for the guitar and you can use any text you want. Some people simply use periods and make them invisible. I prefer something meaningful so I know what the text does.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/mixer#mid-staff-change for info on sound changes and See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/viewing-and-navigation#visibility-o…, including its links to see more info on invisible items.