extended play-checkbox
I would like to see the functionality of the "play"-checkbox extended. Currently the checkbox if you want to play something or not is only available for notes/rests and the articulations & ornaments. I would like to have the same feature for the dynamics, ties and lines (slur, hairpin, ...) as well.
Furthermore I suggest to replace that checkbox with something that allows more customisation. Let's assume I have a song with two verses. To listen to the whole song I would put a repeat barline at the end and the playback would sound two times exactly the same. But if the song has a different lyric distribution, it wouldn't sound the way I'd have to sing it. Maybe there's a note that's only relevant in the first verse. I would like to disable that note for the second repetition. Or maybe only the second verse is forte and the first one is not.
I don't want to copy the whole song twice, so I suggest something like the repeat list in the volta properties. You could easily enter which note, articulation, dynamics, ... should be played in which repetition.
If there's already such a feature I would like to know.
Comments
Not playing ties doesn't really make sense - what would that mean? Don't hold the note, or repeat it? And why would you want that?
Slurs don't payback, so that much is covered :-)
For dynamics, simply add plain text and give it the Dynmamics text style if you don't want them to affect playback.
In reply to Not playing ties doesn't by Marc Sabatella
For tie, I guess because of the case of repeat, second time the lyrics are two syllabs and should be articulated...
Slurs do playback even if it's subtle... the notes under a slur are a bit longer I believe.
In reply to For tie, I guess because of by [DELETED] 5
Yes, that's what I've meant. I want to achieve slightly different playbacks within a repeated section. Like in the following example.
It should look like this:
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... and sound like that:
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In Final (Klemm Music Technology) there is a "play only on pass x"-option for dynamics, where you can adjust in which repetition the expression should be played. I was able to mute and unmute notes from repetition to repetition as well. Therefor I had to create a custom dynamic-sign which sets the volume to zero and say "play only on pass 2". So the note would only play on pass 1 and mute on pass 2.
I want to have a similar feature in MuseScore. But not only for dynamics, but also for ties, fermatas, hairpins and all the other expressions. I thought to replace the play-checkbox with something like a repeat list would be suitable. But that's just a proposal.