Single chord plays for over one minute
I start with a grand piano instrument. Then I change the chord instrument in the mixer to rock organ.
If I put a single chord in the score using control-k, the single chord can keep playing over rests for over a minute. It keeps going until it is just a few measures from the end. When I start a chord near the end, it can keep going longer than I would like, so I use the silent chord (see below) to stop it from continuing.
Is this a reported bug? Or special feature?
If I control-k and then put an illegal chord symbol, it stops when it reaches it. Also, a chord with the chord’s playback set to not play will cause the chord to stop.
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Take a look at Format / Style / Chord Symbols / Playback / Duration. This has three possible settings:
Until next chord symbol
Until end of measure
Chord/rest duration
The default value is Until next chord symbol. If you have this setting and no other chord symbols in the score, the chord will sound until the chord sound decays to nothing. I've never heard it go for a minute, but it's not impossible.
If you have one of the other settings, let us know, but my guess is that this is what's causing the behavior you have described.
In reply to Take a look at Format /… by TheHutch
Thanks. That solved it. Also, right-click/styles gets to the menu.
The setting seems to be for the entire score, which is usually OK except occasionally I want the same chord to drag over to the next measure and not stop at end of measure.
I learned that “styles” can occasionally affect playback.
In reply to Take a look at Format /… by TheHutch
the chord will sound until the chord sound decays to nothing
That is the case for instruments that do decay, organ and other wind instruments do not.
In reply to the chord will sound until… by Jojo-Schmitz
Can you make the chord sound play organ or wind instruments? I've only ever been able to set the chord to play piano or guitar? If so, how???
In reply to Can you make the chord sound… by TheHutch
In the Mixer assign the Chords another sound
In reply to In the Mixer assign the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes. In the mixer.
When making a chord using control-k, an additional mixer entry is created. One for notes and one for chords.
At the bottom of mixer channels, one will say “chord”. Hover over the upper instrument name, select down-arrow, and Hover over SoundFonts. Mixed in with your sound fonts will be MS Basic. From there, hover over Organ, then Rock Organ, then click.
Clarinet becomes “chord of clarinets”, so wind instruments also works.
In reply to Yes. In the mixer. When… by TDYama
For wind instruments, it may make more sense to “realize chords” with the control-k chord and then delete the chord symbol. Play the chord of notes under the wind instrument, possibly deleting notes out of range.
I have also done midi export of chords and then done a drag/drop of the midi file into musescore. Then, copy and paste it into my score of choice. It is in a convenient treble and bass clef split.
In ms4, midi velocity is messed up. There is a bug in user velocity settings. You can correct it manually or leave it alone.
MS3 has a split function to split notes from one staff to two. MS4 doesn’t. MS 3.7 is worth having. ;-)
In reply to In the Mixer assign the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh duh! That should have been obvious. Thanks, everyone!!!