Disable Play options for RNA (or support RNA playback))
Reported version
3.x-dev
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
OS: macOS High Sierra (10.13),
Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.5.0.27580,
revision: b5add95
Nothing happens when I select “play button (chord symbol playback)” in RNA’s (Roman Numeral Analysis) inspector.
Seems NNS (Nashville Number System) is working, so RNA should works too?
Comments
(there really is no 3.5 yet, just a Beta, and in case it does get fixed for 3.5 a 'reported in 3.5 -> fixed in 3.5' would look rather stupid)
It’s a complicated subject, since the RNA is relative to some key but we don’t necessarily know which. It might be the key (or more accurately, one of the two keys - major or minor) indicated by the key signature, but often it is not. So we don’t have any good way of figuring that Out. Plus there are many special symbols used in RNA that the chord symbol facility would not understand. So while playback of RNA is something that might be nice someday, it’s not anything I can imagine happening soon.
Also FWIW, it’s not usual to use RNA in this way anyhow. It’s usually attached to staves that already have chords fully notated. So playback of the RNA would be superfluous in most cases.
Meanwhile workaround if for some reason you have a score with RNA but no notes is to add chord symbols as well, and make them invisible if you like.
In reply to It’s a complicated subject,… by Marc Sabatella
Agreed.
AFAIK some RNA (esp. for Jazz) have vey complicated symbols and I can imagine it’s very difficult to playback these correctly.
And literally, Roman Numeral Analysis uses for analysis, not expecting any sounds in most cases.
Then wouldn’t it be user friendly to make Chord Symbols Playback options greyed out and make them not selectable?
![rna1.jpg]( "rna1.jpg")
Yes, disabling them would not be a bad idea.
In reply to Yes, disabling them would… by Marc Sabatella
ok, so I change the tittle..
Title tweaked a bit more :-)