Order of notes in a chord: does it exist?
Consider a "chord" (in musescore term: simultaneous notes in one voice) of two notes, a D with a G just above.
You can enter it the "normal" way
D => shift-G
Or
G => Shift-D => ctrl-down
The two ways give the same chord, but I wonder if there is any internal difference between them?
Is the D in the first way the "first" note of the chord for Musescore and the "second" one in the other chord?
Is yes, what consequence has this difference, should we better always use
D => shift-G
and not
G => Shift-D => ctrl-down
?
Thanks,
Comments
make a most simple score, one instrument, one measure, add those in that way or the other, save as mscx and then open it with a plain text editor.
In reply to make a most simple score, one by Jojo-Schmitz
I suppose you mean that I will see the same thing.
Ok, I trust you ;-)
In reply to I suppose you mean that I by frfancha
I don't know, but am to lazy to check ;-)
In reply to I don't know, but am to lazy by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, then I did it.
(unzipping the mscz and comparing the mscx) => no difference ;-)
In theory, it shouldn't matter at all. MuseScore always sorts the notes added according to the line/space they are on. If you ever encounter a situation where you see different results depending on order of notes, that's a bug.
Note the same is not true for articulations and other marking - the order in which they are added does influence how they are displayed. That's probably a bug too.
Enter the notes in different orders and Export to a MusicXML file then use a text editor (or HTML editor) to see what order the notes are saved in. Answer - the lower pitch note comes first regardless of the way you entered it.
Is this a record for simultaneous attempts at posting an answer?
In reply to Is this a record for by underquark
surely not, we had them in the very same minute already