Harp Playback Sounds Like Piano
Hello - I have just started using MuseScore 3 so I am a rank novice with its features. I have entered a score for two harps using the instrument selection of a harp but on playback the score sounds percussive like a piano playing. How do I get the mellow sound of a plucked harp during playback? Thanks! Nels
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I don't know exactly what you tried to do. But it works perfectly here : new score for 2 harps via the New Score Wizard.
See, and listen: new harp.mscz
Do it again please (for the record, version 3.4.2)
EDIT: Do you use MuseScore's default soundfont, or another one?
In reply to I don't know exactly what… by cadiz1
Thanks for the reply. Yours does sound different - less percussive. I have attached my score as far as I have completed. Maybe you can see a mistake I made. As far as I know I use the default sound fonts.
In reply to Thanks for the reply. Yours… by nelskath
Doesn't sound percussive or piano-like at all to me
In reply to Doesn't sound percussive or… by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't hear anything special here (apart from the sound of the harp used with the MuseScore soundfont). In the Mixer, it's ok too. If you haven't changed anything else (in the Synthesizer for example), I don't know what else you're hearing at the moment.
Maybe your ear needs to get used to this sound? When you're an instrumentalist, it can be tricky, because you can have high demands, which a soundfont won't necessarily transmit.
Myself, when I hear the sound of the guitar with the default soundfont, I hear everything but a guitar, or a guitar with a strong dose of piano or even harpsichord for the highest notes. Maybe that's what you hear too for the harp?
In reply to Doesn't sound percussive or… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's probably just my perception. Thanks for listening. I really like the 3.4.2 version I have just upgraded to. It seems to be more intuitive than the older versions I have used.
In reply to It's probably just my… by nelskath
Cadiz - Can the synthesizer change the attack of the notes? Maybe that is what I am expecting to sound different than the default sound font.
In reply to Cadiz - Can the synthesizer… by nelskath
"Maybe that is what I am expecting to sound different than the default sound font."
At this step, it's my guessing indeed.
You wrote:
As far as I know I use the default sound fonts.
To check... open the synthesizer and check the soundfont:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/synthesizer#overview
Also, be sure you see 'Harp' as the 'Sound' in the mixer:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/mixer#Opening_the_Mixer
See the following image:
If desired, you can change the soundfont to another which may provide a harp better suited to your liking:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfonts-and-sfz-files#soundfonts
and:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfonts-and-sfz-files#list