Note only plays when saff above is empty
I'm writing this song where I have an eighth note that connects to a dotted half note, with the eighth note coming first. The connecting line is over a barline or whatever you call those lines in between every measure. It's on the second staff (both are treble clef). It plays like it should, but then when I add in anything in the first staff above it it doesn't play right. Whenever there's a note in the first staff, the note in the second staff is played like an eighth note when it's supposed to be 2 3/4 beats. I had to make a second staff because the first one had the same problem when I made two parts, so I thought it was just too much information. If I copy and paste the eighth and dotted half note somewhere else, they work okay. But then if I copy the notes in the top staff over above where I pasted the eighth and dotted half note, the two connected notes still only play as an eighth note. I made a new score, uploaded it and downloaded it, restarted MuseScore, and restarted my computer, and nothing works. It still has the same problem. The handbook doesn't cover this. This is an error that's not supposed to happen.
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As a test I changed this to a wind instrument to see if it plays correctly (sustaining the dotted 1/2's full value, which is at times difficult to hear on a piano). It played correctly on my system. I'm not sure if you're hearing the C# fade faster than the G# and think it is not playing correctly? All of the notes in your uploaded file play correctly on an instrument that sustains the notes.
What were the original instruments? Which sound font(s) are you using?
In reply to As a test I changed this to… by mike320
Well, I have no idea what a sound font is... That's probably a problem... anyway, I just needed the audio, so I eventually redid it where I just connected the notes and always had one part. Apparently with the sound font I'm using (or whatever it is) it's programed to not play notes that go across the barline if, in either measure, no matter what staff or instrument, there are two parts. So I got it finished, but thanks.
In reply to Well, I have no idea what a… by Eli Burrows
Sound fonts aren't programmed according to bar lines, they don't know where the bar lines are. BTW, that answered my question about your sound font. It will sound identical if you have it notated they way you do now or if you put all of the notes in a 4/4 measure. A note only playing for the duration of the first tied note is not normal. There must be something else going on. Could you attach a score where the problem occurs so I can look at it for you? This will answer any other questions I could ask as well.
In reply to Sound fonts aren't… by mike320
Well actually I just needed the audio, and I managed to get it by having only one part and only one staff, which took a lot more ties. But thanks for the help.
In reply to Well actually I just needed… by Eli Burrows
As you wish. I was just trying to help make it easier in the future.
In reply to As you wish. I was just… by mike320
Yeah, thanks. But I think I figured it out right after I said that. At least it worked for that.