Ornaments and Accidentals - Musescore 4
I can't seem to figure out how to add an accidental to an ornament. For example, if I insert a trill and want the note above the written note to be flattened, usually I would write a flat above the "tr" symbol. How do I go about this in Musescore 4? I took a gander in forums and the handbook to no avail.
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See the MS4 Handbook:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/ornaments#add-accidental
For some reason it's not in the handbook, but I found you can add accidentals above the trills with the lines, tr~~~. It doesn't work with the ones without the squiggly line (sorry don't know the technical term). Also, it only seems to work with the accidentals from the palette, not the toolbar. Finally, doesn't seem to work for the turns either (sideways "S").
So, a workaround is you can use the tr~~~ and then use the control box on the element to make the line zero length.
Also, you can then move the accidental to below the trill if you want.
Unfortunately, these accidentals aren't used during playback.
Hopefully, support for accidentals (and playback) for ornaments could eventually be added to the feature backlog, this is a very common notation in classical music.
In reply to For some reason it's not in… by scotteisfeldt1
"sorry don't know the technical term"
In reply to "sorry don't know the… by DanielR
Thanks - that makes sense :-)
I just made a video covering the workaround for this issue. Musescore 3 and prior had similar playback restrictions. Personally, I frequently score without key signatures, so this causes regular problems for me.
You can try this:
https://youtu.be/xNomgpuGYeY
Good luck!
-Carl
In reply to I just made a video covering… by cfirwin3
Thank you kindly!!
In reply to I just made a video covering… by cfirwin3
No workarounds needed anymore - 4.1 has this built-in, and you can help test already via the nightly builds.
In reply to No workarounds needed… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you Marc. Looking forward to the next release. I will give the nightly a try. I’m a little frustrated with some bugs (corruptions with measures, for example) and crashes, but the engraving is beautiful and the MuseSounds are amazing!!! I know eventually the bugs will be squashed.
In reply to Thank you Marc. Looking… by scotteisfeldt1
If you have a specific score and precise steps to reproduce a corruption or crash, be sure to open an issue on GitHub - bugs are fixed only when they get reported, of course.
In reply to If you have a specific score… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, I’ve been meaning to do that. I have a few that I think I can recreate. Thanks again