Glissando not saving

• Apr 4, 2019 - 15:18

As someone who composes for piano a lot, I use a lot of glissandos (wavy, without text), and since the update to 3.0 they have not been saving on scores - I have to re-position them every time I want to export the file. Attached are screenshots of pre- and post-save.
Screen Shot 2019-04-04 at 10.15.54 AM.png

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Comments

Alexander Simpson

• Apr 4, 2019 - 15:20

I have the most up-to-date version, btw.

Marc Sabatella

• Apr 4, 2019 - 21:14

Glissandos are intended to be used to connect two different notes/chords - can you explain how you are adding these? They save fine for me when added normally. For what you are doing here, probably you really a fall, not a glissando.

mike320

• Apr 4, 2019 - 22:17

This glissando notation is not unheard of in Harp music. To make this work properly in MuseScore, you need to put a note in an unused voice , click the start note, ctrl+click the end note and add the glissando. You can then make everything you don't want to see invisible by pressing V and flip stems by pressing X if needed.

Alexander Simpson

• Apr 5, 2019 - 04:31

Thank you so much, I have also been wondering about devices like this for a while now!

Alexander Simpson

• Apr 5, 2019 - 04:30

Hello! My apologies, so in this case that is actually the end of a page and the glissando connects from a note in the RH to a note on the LH (Bass clef) staff. I have also had issues saving when it is going from a single note to a lower note in the following chord. As far as how I input it, I use drag-and-drop.

mike320

• Apr 5, 2019 - 05:59

Which version are you using? I thought the problem with glissandos disappearing at system breaks was fixed.

Alexander Simpson

• Apr 5, 2019 - 14:40

I can't find the exact version number but I am mostly certain it is the most up-to-date version.

Alexander Simpson

• Apr 5, 2019 - 14:41

...so I think that would be 3.0.5

Marc Sabatella

• Apr 5, 2019 - 06:35

Can you attach the score? I just tried what you described and it worked fine for me (3.0.5).

Alexander Simpson

• Apr 5, 2019 - 14:41

Here it is:

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mike320

• Apr 5, 2019 - 15:31

It worked fine for me. I added the glissando, saved, closed, reopened and the glissando is still there. I wonder if somehow it's a Mac bug.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Apr 5, 2019 - 15:36

add a glis, edit it by dragging its end handle around, save, close, reopen: it is back in the old position, connecting notes

mike320

• Apr 5, 2019 - 16:21

Here's what I did to add it.

click the 8th note in measure 89, ctrl+click one of the notes in 80 where the glissando go to. Double cilck the glissando symbol in the palette. Selected the bogus glissandos that start in measure 90 and delete them. Adjusted the glissandos so they look right (put the glissando in edit mode and drag the end points). Saved, closed, reopened and got it to work. When there is a rest in the middle of a glissando, I don't know of any other way to do it.

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Alexander Simpson

• Apr 9, 2019 - 14:08

Ah - it saved fine when it was just in the default position (as it is when you first drag it on), but I am trying to get it to go to the top note in the bass clef (LH). That's when it fails to save.

mike320

• Apr 9, 2019 - 14:48

I see, it does fail to stay when you apply it to anything but a note in the same staff and the same voice. This is a bug that needs fixed.

There is a workaround.

In the left hand delete the D.
In measure 90 in the right hand exchange everything to voice 2.
While you have it selected click the notes button in the inspector and press X to make the stems point the correct direction (this prevents the dynamic from moving also).
Add a dotted 1/4 note D to the right hand in voice 1 and then use ctrl+shift+down arrow to move it to the left hand. Use ctrl+down arrow to put it in the correct octave if needed.
while you have the note selected press x if needed to flip the stem so it looks right.
Apply the glissando as normal
select the voice 1 rests you don't want to see and press V to make them invisible

Basically, keep the glissando in the same voice on the same staff and use cross-staff notation to move the note. Move things around in the other voices as needed so it looks right.

Marc Sabatella

• Apr 9, 2019 - 19:02

For me it works cross-staff if I add the gliss normally then drag it down until the anchor changes. It fails to save if I use Shift+Down to change the anchor. Not sure why. But attached is my version with drag that opens just fine for me in 3.0.5.