HiHat and Drum

• Mar 12, 2022 - 18:03

I am using the > step function to play note by note. I am now trying to add HiHat and drum to the score via the QWERTY keyboard, or the F functions, between the notes being played. Does anyone know if this is possible at all? Thank you. Julian

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• Mar 12, 2022 - 18:53

That is great for adding drums to a score. Thank you. Now, new question: I need to just add the sound of that drum at will, not including it on the score, but in between the notes being played. No need to play the > key at all. Is that possible? Thank you again.

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• Mar 13, 2022 - 15:25

Yes. It would be an amazing and a logical feature, since it would enable us to play drums, etc., at will in MuseScore, by freeing us from the tyranny of the score! The > keystroke already frees us, by letting us play the score with our own rhythm. Why not do the same with drums, HI Hats, etc.? The sounds are already there in MuseScore...

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• Mar 14, 2022 - 11:39

To be perfectly clear, the "step function" you're alluding to isn't that at all. MuseScore allows you to navigate a score during playback and reposition the current playback position; nothing more, nothing less. It's no magic step function and it doesn't free you from the normal playback still continuing on a fixed (in your use case extremely slow) time base.

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• Mar 14, 2022 - 13:48

Please allow me to disagree, without any desire to be controversial, but quite calmly and objectively.
Other musical software also include the step function “>” but using the space bar to go forward on a score. This feature is called the “step function” there by many people.
Example: Say that you write a simple song using quarter notes only, normal speed. You then save it, no need to select the playback function, just hit the clef with the mouse once. You then start playing your song note by note: Voila! It would be great if drums or Hi Hats could be played any time at will too… Why not?
Thank you. Julian

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• Mar 16, 2022 - 02:04

But MuseScore has no such step function. So I'm confused, you say you are using it, but there ins't any such function. Or maybe you are saying, you use it in another program, and wish MuseScore had it? Indeed, single-step or "scrubbing" playback could be useful, and I hope to see it someday.

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• Mar 16, 2022 - 15:20

Dear Marc,

Please, with all due respect, read again my: "Example: Say that you write a simple song (with MuseScore) using quarter notes only, normal speed. You then save it, no need to select the playback function, just hit the clef with the mouse once. You then start playing your song note by note." I hereby attach a simple score so you try it ("My Way" song). You can give it the name you want; I (and many) call it "Step Function"). Regards.

Respectfully,

Julian

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• Mar 16, 2022 - 15:26

Hmm, seems you are just talking about normal score navigation - the fact that the cursor keys play the notes back one by one as you navigate. That's true. So, do you have a question or request regarding this basic function?

Note that one would never normally do what you are doing here - writing down music with no rhythm whatsoever. Keep in mind, the purpose of MuseScore is to produce notated music, and that's not how notation works. But if it happens that the normal score navigation function allows you to use it in this unorthodox way to produce something you can play even though it's not meaningful notation, that's great!

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