How to hide the "duplicate tablature note" warning? (The red rectangles)

• Apr 18, 2021 - 08:49

I often need to add duplicate notes in the bass portion of guitar scores to achieve the beaming patterns I want. But when there's no lower string on the tablature staff for the note to inhabit there's simply no logical solution. Accordingly Musescore flags the issue with a red rectangle.

Tablature warnings - How to hide 02.png

Is there a way to toggle the visibility of the warning rectangles? They make it very difficult to a measure that's achieved its intentionally completed state.

Thanks!

scorster

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• Apr 18, 2021 - 16:38

These red squares will not print, but if you want to hide them on your screen: menu "View" -> uncheck "Show Unprintable"

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• Apr 28, 2021 - 09:42

No magic recipe, but some observations and proposals.
- 1st observation: this broken line concerns only 5 notes (the E/F/F#/G/G#, from the 6th string, and on the condition that they are in two voices). The red squares reveal the conflict, the impossibility of placing these notes on another fret and string). Whereas from A on, it can be played on the 5th fret, and on the open fifth string. And so on for the following notes.
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- 2nd observation: it doesn't matter if the "Show Unprintable" is activated or not. It is a visual glitch. Overlaying these 5 notes breaks the line. I don't know the reasons in the code. Personally, I think I never noticed it (or forgot, I don't know). And I don't think I've read any other remark like that on the forums. I doubt anyone, given the few notes involved, and the minor (in my opinion) visual aspect of this, would notice it immediately. But feel free to file a report in the Issue Tracker
- The best alternative I can see is simply to revert to the default option, i.e. "Broken" instead of "Continuous" Lines. This option is in Staff/Part properties/ Advanced Style Properties/ Fret marks: Lines are: "Continuous" or "Broken".
For reasons of visibility, clarity, I personally prefer. The collision between the lines and some numbers for example, the 3 or the 5, or the 6, etc. is not necessarily the best thing visually (in my opinion, still)
In this case you get: (and in your score: 1Tablature - Red warning rectangles_0.mscz )
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- Finally, it is by no means mandatory to use two voices for these notes. Your first way of entering these notes (the bass alone in voice 2, and a eighth rest in voice 1) is an absolutely correct display and probably just as common (I couldn't say the exact percentage!) in published scores.

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• Apr 28, 2021 - 21:49

Hi cadiz1,

Thanks for your reply.

Your summation regarding the scope and cause of the broken tablature line is exactly correct. The notes have to have pitch low enough to require positioning written on the instrument's lowest string. In the case of standard tuned guitar (EADGBE) the note would have to be lower than the A2 pitch of the 5th string. And of course, Continuous lines have to be selected.

>> 2nd observation: it doesn't matter if the "Show Unprintable" is activated or not. It is a visual glitch. Overlaying these 5 notes breaks the line.

Good point. I thought mentioning “or not” would complicate my explanation. My mistake because a) that’s how it is and b) that truth is essential to the issue. Thanks for clarifying by illumatiing that.

>>I don't know the reasons in the code. Personally, I think I never noticed it (or forgot, I don't know). And I don't think I've read any other remark like that on the forums. I doubt anyone, given the few notes involved, and the minor (in my opinion) visual aspect of this, would notice it immediately. But feel free to file a report in the Issue Tracker.

Glad to post to the Issue Tracker.

>> The best alternative I can see is simply to revert to the default option, i.e. "Broken" instead of "Continuous" Lines. This option is in Staff/Part properties/ Advanced Style Properties/ Fret marks: Lines are: “Continuous" or "Broken.

Right. Anyone using Broken lines wouldn’t notice.

>>For reasons of visibility, clarity, I personally prefer. The collision between the lines and some numbers for example, the 3 or the 5, or the 6, etc. is not necessarily the best thing visually (in my opinion, still)

As you may have surmised I prefer Continuous lines.

>> Finally, it is by no means mandatory to use two voices for these notes. Your first way of entering these notes (the bass alone in voice 2, and a eighth rest in voice 1) is an absolutely correct display and probably just as common (I couldn't say the exact percentage!) in published scores.

Definitely, my first way of entering notes (“bass alone” in voice 2) is popular, but the latter approach (usually) naturally indicates notes played by the thumb. And it at least hints of the durations in the bass, which is partly why I prefer it.

The overall pursuit here is the “eighth note temporal onset beaming” which nicely highlights the temporal distance between the onset of adjacent notes.

Indeed, guitar publisher’s (including classical publishers) use lots of voice/beaming options:

Sor Etude No.9 Op.35 Excerpt - Beaming Voicing Stems .mscz

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