Chord Playback - customize register to prevent clashing
See the attached score.
It's a bass part and in the first bar it has a b9 (F) note of the E7b9 chord. The "chord playback" plays E in the same register and it clashes with bass part. It sounds appropriate only if there is a root of a chord in the score.
Ideally, MS could automatically adjust register for chord playback to prevent clashing in bass (it's not such a big deal in higher registers).
OH I KNOW BASS ALWAYS PLAYS ROOT, RIGHT... but you get an idea.
OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.5.0.12237, revision: b5add95
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I'm not understanding the issue you are perceiving here. Is it that your melody note itself is written in the bass range? It is indeed often unwise to write a b9 so low. But I'm not sure that the chord symbol playback algorithm to be trying to correct for things like that.
In reply to I'm not understanding the… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, this is a bass part. It sounds really great with the rest of the band and that b9 works really well. We're going to record it and I can send a proof for you :)
In the current state a chord playback is useless for bass scores (which are about 80% of my MuseScore files ;) ). In a walking bass it is perfectly ok to go for the altered scale and it will inevitably clash with the chord playback. Even playing a 3rd results in a muddy-something.
I agree that it doesn't have be done automatically, but it should be possible to customize octave in which the root is played and/or omit it whatsoever. I think that composing a bass line is the only scenario when it is a deal-breaker. Of course there is a lot of room to customize playback... but it will become a Skyrim body generation step if you overdo it.
In reply to Yes, this is a bass part. It… by gajatko
You can right-click the chord and use the Realize Chord Symbol command then edit edit the voicing manually.
In reply to You can right-click the… by Marc Sabatella
Nice, but there is no point in doing that in this scenario. It's a completely separate feature and doesn't relate to my original post. I didn't ask for a way to generate music or to modify scores in any way. I asked for a chord playback feature which can be used in a bass part. Currently it cannot be used for reasons I described.
In reply to Nice, but there is no point… by gajatko
Sure it can, you would just want to do this manually for those few measures where the melody note happens to clash. Everywhere else in the score you can use it normally.
I’m not sure it makes sense to implement a separate option just for these few special case scenarios. But feel free to submit a formal Suggestion to the issue tracker.
In reply to Sure it can, you would just… by Marc Sabatella
You mean having THIS (see the picture)?
In that case I would need to create a separate, hidden staff where these "realizations" would sit and mute chord playback in places where the chord is realized... But then it wouldn't be possible to quickly mute them by disabling chord playback. AND in a part with a walking bass I would have to do it for most of the chords because they would clash almost everywhere. IHMO not worth the effort.
In reply to You mean having THIS (see… by gajatko
Or just invisible notes on this staff. I’ve only got your one example to go by, you hadn’t said anything about walking bass lines. Yes for this I could imagine a rootless option in general making sense. I was imagining based on your original post that you wanted something that would automatically check for clashes and avoid the bass note if so.
In reply to Or just invisible notes on… by Marc Sabatella
I think it applies to bass parts in general. Here is a solo transcription which I've submitted to musescore com some time ago (see below).
I did not include chord changes there, but I'm sure you can imagine how would it sound.
https://musescore.com/user/8420451/scores/6045175