How to do Scordatura?
I want to put a scordatura marking in and need help figuring out a way to do it
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I'm not a string player, so I can only offer the advice from "Behind Bars" - the excellent music notation handbook by Elaine Gould (publ. Faber Music).
On p.424 the opening description is as follows:
Scordatura
This is the name given to the practice of re-tuning one or more strings. Indicate the altered open-string pitches at the start of a scordatura passage (see Kurtág extract on p.425).
In a full score, notate scordatura notes at sounding pitch, for convenience. (For clarity, the score should state whether played or sounding pitch is used.)
And p.425 explains in more detail:
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There is (an excelent :D) scordatura plugin (for Musescore 3.6.2)
https://musescore.org/en/project/scordatura
If only scordatura sign is a case, You can create it with symbols from master palette.