Slurs do not work in playback

• Apr 24, 2016 - 05:11

I am working on an arrangement for a clarinet quartet, but when I add slurs/ties to two notes, it does not sound in playback. For example: This Capture 1.PNG sounds like this in playback Capture 2.PNG . If this is something I am doing wrong, which is completely possible, then I am unable to find out what or how to fix it. I have reported this as a bug, but was then told that it was not one, just a feature Musescore does not have yet (which is weird because this was not an issue when I first downloaded the program, but it is what it is I suppose). I know this is minor, but if at all possible and not too much trouble, can a sound for slurs in playback be added? That would make Musescore much easier to use.


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MuseScore makes difference between a slur and a tie. A tie is entered with + or with the tie button in the top toolbar, it's used to add up the duration of the notes and it does playback. A slur or legato is entered with S and can span several notes (Double click and use Shift + Right to extend, or select two notes, press S). Legato is played but it's very (too much...) subtle currently.

In reply to by speeljongen

At one time, MuseScore had a feature where certain actions would cause a little popup to appear with some context-sensitive help. I always had a notion to add one for that case - the first you tried to add a slur between notes of the same pitch, the popup would inform you of the difference. It's not out of the question that such a feature might return someday. After all, Muse just announced they are hiring in the AI field, although I suspect that is more about their websites than about MuseScore.

Anyhow, slurs between notes of the same pitch are perfectly possible if not that common except maybe in string music. So automatically just turning them into ties would be a bad idea.

How about instead of the difficult task of trying to implement a slide sound in MIDI just do a simple workaround: have the beginning and ending notes sound where they are supposed to. It makes it much more listenable/intuitive and the user can figure out they are supposed to slide there from notation.

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