Vertical alignment not correct in tabulature
I don't know if this is a MuseScore issue or if it is my own fault, but I am not able to make the alignment of simultanious played notes correct in my guitar tabs. The notes in the standard score is played correct.
I know the problem is related to the use of different voices in my tab. Using only 1 voice will solve my problem, but that is not really what I want.
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I'm using 2 voices, and I can't reproduce. Everything is as expected here (version 4.4.4, Win 10) - image below.
Instead of an image that doesn't provide any information about what was set up and how, please attach the .mscz file itself to understand what's going on with you.
Or, that will be enough, just the selection of measures you were showing on your image: select them, then menu File / Save selection / Name and attach the "new" file.
In reply to I'm using 2 voices, and I… by cadiz1
Thank you for the fast reply. As suggested I added a .mscz file.
In reply to Thank you for the fast reply… by Geert Willemarck
This is an old score from 2019 imported from Guitar Pro 5 (currently it's the GP8 version).
Something went wrong either in the source file or during import.
Apparently, it seems that exporting this file to MusicXML format and then, after reopening, removing and re-creating the linked TAB staff resolves the issue. I still have a small doubt about the display of half notes, so I'll keep looking.
In reply to This is an old score from… by cadiz1
Thanks. This is very helpful. Normally I use voice 1 for the melody and voice 4 for the bass notes played by the thumb. For some reason the tabs are getting aligned correctly if I change the notes in voice 4 to voice 3.
In reply to Thanks. This is very helpful… by Geert Willemarck
" For some reason the tabs are getting aligned correctly if I change the notes in voice 4 to voice 3."
Well, not really. Because it also flips the stems (upwards) in the standard staff, and the "As slashed stem" for the half notes are not correctly displayed in the TAB staff - first image below.
For my part, when there are strictly only two voices in a guitar score, I only use voices 1 and 2. Since, by default, they line up upwards and downwards (like voice 4, down too). On the other hand, whenever there are three voices (which is very common), I use voice 1 (melody), voice 4 (bass), and voice 2 (intermediate voice). And all the stems go in the right direction. But, in this file, that's really not the issue and the cause of the problem.
Another discovery: the problem doesn't arise when opening the file with Version3 (3.7 Evo), but when saving it with this version, and reopening it with 4.4.4, the problem reappears.
So the problem seems quite serious (at least for this kind of files imported from GP)
Keep a close eye on it...
As mentioned above, exporting to XML format and deleting-recreating the TAB staff solved the problem almost entirely. Finally, I had to uncheck/check "As slashed stem" for half notes, before the score was displayed correctly (as it does by default with a score created by 4.4.4).
See now: 3Opus Caru 000.02 - Allegretto.mscz