Playing scoops
I know (from one of the many posts I've read on the subject) that MuseScore is designed for print rather than playback; and it was a good day indeed when I saw the scoop ornamentation in the Arpeggios and Glissandos palette back in MS 2. Nevertheless, some very impressive playback functions have been written into the code. Others have asked; but I haven't seen an answer: How do you get a scoop to play back properly? A scoop, of course, starts below the notated pitch and scoops up to it. But with all the options available on the bend item in the Articulations palette, none of them start below the notated pitch and scoop up to it; or I haven't found the magic combination that makes it happen. Every attempt I've made to scoop is more like a doit, going up from the notated pitch. What's the secret, please, if there is one? Thank you.
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You can start on a lower note (be it hidden or then "fixed to line") and bend on that one upwards to the intended notated note.
Another quite recent (3.5/3.6?) possibility is to use a (hidden again) glissando and set its playback style to "portamento". Which will likely sound a bit more as a slide than a scoop though.
In reply to You can start on a lower… by jeetee
I could; but that would be awkward as far as notation goes. Players would expect to see the target note and scoop up to it, not start on a specific lower note and bend up to the target; adding what amounts to a grace note, even if hidden, would screw with the spacing of measures. I think sometimes that the bend routine is set up for guitar parts. I hoped a prebend, especially with its apparent ability to drag the starting point, would have given the ability to start below the target and scoop up to the notated note; but it acts like a guitarist bending a note before it arrives in the score. Maybe in another iteration.
In reply to I could; but that would be… by km2002
The bend symbol is for guitar - for tablature, specifically. It's designed to be meaningful for other instruments.
What you are describing is better added from the Arpeggios and Glissandi palette, although these don't playback currently.
In reply to The bend symbol is for… by Marc Sabatella
Something for v4, I guess? I hope? I wondered why the bend looked that way. I can see that it goes with tab. Thank you.
In reply to I could; but that would be… by km2002
Starting on a lower note and bend upwards (invisble) does not alter spacing at all. See this trick being used (originally in 2.1 even, portamento didn't exist yet back then) for a singing voice glissando in the attachment.