Glissando goes through clef

• May 23, 2013 - 23:22
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1. Open attached score (produced in 1.3).

Expected result: The glissando stops before the clef and resumes after.
Actual result: The glissando goes through the clef.

Glissando goes through clef.png

Note: See page 359 of 'Behind Bars' for an example. It explains: "When it is necessary to change clef during the course of a glissando, place the new clef-mid-way through the glissando."

Using MuseScore 2.0 Nightly Build (b61faaf) - Mac 10.7.5.


Comments

Do you have an implementation strategy in mind for this? Offhand, it seems like this would require a fairly major overhaul of the glissando class code and indeed the implementation of the class itself. Or is there some easier method I am not thinking of? If so, it would be nice to apply it also to ties.

I first thought it might be easier than that, but I can't find a way without making changes to the class too. Unassigned myself.

I don't necessarily think the current behavior is wrong. If there is a clef in the line of fire of a gliss, it is ineveitable they will intersect, even if you "place the new clef-mid-way through the glissando". And if was playing a chart that had the gliss according to your expected behavior ("the glissando stops before the clef and resumes after"), then I might not even think it is a gliss...I might equally be likely to think that the composer wants me to slide out up from the first note, and the basically skip a bunch of intermediatry notes, and the slide in up to the top note. Regardless, I'm going to be confused.

I think it would be preffereable for whoever is notating that section of music to simply not have a clef change inside a gliss. Clef changes are better at the start of a phrase (or if have to put in a phrase, preferrably at a more convenient point like after a longer note). In this example case, I personally would just prefer the person notating to use an 8va symbol above that high F.

Anyway, I don't think the case occurs often enough to warrent special changes in the code.