shared noteheads separate again after adding a whole note in third voice

• Oct 15, 2019 - 14:08
Reported version
3.2
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore
  1. Add note of first voice.
  2. Add note same notehead type of second voice and make it invisible : notes merge(join).
  3. Add note third voice and the two merged notes separate again.
  4. Workaround : In stead of using 3rd voice use 4th voice. Notes in the 1st and 2nd voice
    almost join again but not entirely.
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adding-2nd-voice.png 29.25 KB
adding-3rd-voice.png 33.58 KB

Comments

• Oct 15, 2019 - 14:26
Title Merged notes separate again after adding third voice note ⇒ shared noteheads separate again after adding third voice note
Frequency Many ⇒ Once
Type Graphical (UI) ⇒ Functional

Ands this happens with bothe methods of creating shared noted heads, making the shorter invisible and changing notehead type, the latter just has the advantage to now really show the notehead

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• Oct 15, 2019 - 15:10
Title shared noteheads separate again after adding third voice note ⇒ shared noteheads separate again after adding a whole note in third voice

needs to be a whole note

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• Oct 15, 2019 - 16:50

The code for merging noteheads looks at all upstem notes together, and all downstem notes, and only merges if there is no actual "overlap" between them ther than the share notes themselves. That voice 3 note is upstem and thus creates overlap, that's why changing to voice 3 allows the overlap.

Not sure this is a bug, as sharing heads on overlapping chords is frowned upon, but I suppose if the user explicitly requests it, we could consider allowing it.

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