Rips/ Glissandos

• Jul 7, 2016 - 09:03

With the French horn, and many other instruments, it is common to start a measure with a "rip," meaning that you glissando from nothing to your pitch, but arrive on your pitch on the beat the note is written on. This is currently not possible! You cannot attach a gliss to the beginning of a note... it really makes horn duets, trios, ect very challenging


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When I understand you correct that a "rip" means to insert a glissando not between two notes but before a note, yes it seems to be missing. A workaround would be:

- for print to insert a glissando and move it before the note (drag and drop or using the inspector) or
- insert a system or staff text, press F2 an insert under the category brass techniques a lift (short, medium or long)
- for playback insert a second voice with two notes and a glissando and make them invisible

But maybe you're aware of this.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

Is there somewhere a definition for the term "rip" (just for my knowledge ;-)? Does it begin before the note or behind the last note before? So it doesn't mean less a glissando/lift than more a scoop or a slide in below?

edit: below I found an example of a rip with a glissando before the note (or is it an unusual way of music notation?):

http://www.timusic.net/2013/02/stating-the-obvious-why-do-you-say-it-tw…

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