Bring back option in style for default 'play' setting of chords
In MuseScore 3, under Style -> Chord Symbols there was a tickbox for 'Play'. This determined whether any newly created chords default to play or not.
In MuseScore 4, this option in Style -> Chord Symbols seems to have disappeared - why? Chords are created with playback turned on, and I have no control over this - so every single chord I add, I have to manually turn its playback off.
It would be incredibly useful to be able to change this setting in the style, as in MuseScore 3 - can't think why it would have been removed.
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I don't really use MuseScore 4, so this is a tentative suggestion for a workaround.
As you mentioned, in MuseScore 3 the Play option is set in Format > Style > Chord Symbols > Play [checkbox].
And this setting can be found if you save a Style file (Format > Save style...):
Play enabled:
<harmonyPlay>1</harmonyPlay>
Play disabled:
<harmonyPlay>0</harmonyPlay>
So you could try applying a MuseScore 4 style file containing just the line for "Play enabled". Then that style file could be used in a template score and to update existing scores?
Obviously this won't work if the
harmonyPlay
property has been completely removed in MuseScore 4 (rather than not surfaced in the UI ). Can you let us know if it works for you?In reply to I don't really use MuseScore… by DanielR
Thanks for that suggestion - I hadn't thought to try directly in the XML file.
However, sadly, this didn't work for me - I loaded a style sheet with harmonyPlay set to 0, and chords were still being created with 'Play' turned on.