turn of chord symbol sound
hi all.
I want to put a chord symbol above each chord but musescore plays a completely different chord or voicing especially if its a complicated one.
is there a way to be able to put the chord symbol but musescore plays the notation instead?
cheers!
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See https://musescore.org/en/faq#faq-308797
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
really appreciate that.
it works great now with playback but when I click on the chord symbol it plays a very odd voicing.
is there a way to turn this off to so clicking on the chord symbols themselves makes no sound.
the score/harmony/play/disableNew doesn't seem to be doing anything.
In reply to really appreciate that. it… by apricotandpearjam
Same handbook page that FAQ points at.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/playback-chord-symbols-nashville-nu…
In reply to Same handbook page that FAQ… by Jojo-Schmitz
apologies. I didn't see that bit.
cheers once again, much appreciated.
It should be the correct chord, though - well, unless the instrument is a traponsing one, in which case the chord of course will also be transposed. Can you explain what specific chord you tried typing that you feel wasn't played correctly?
In reply to It should be the correct… by Marc Sabatella
just for a basic example if i write C as the chord symbol but i have the E on the bass clef and the C & G on the treble clef the chord symbol will play a different voicing.
If i write Csus9 as the chord symbol it plays a completely different voicing as the notes i’ve written on the stave.
In reply to just for a basic example if… by apricotandpearjam
Oh, that's certainly true - just like a real musician, the playback in MsueScore chooses its own voicing. If you want MuseScore to put the E in the bass, you need to write C/E, just as you would to communicate the same intent to real musicians, but again, real musicians and MuseScore might well choose different C/E voicings even so (like which octave to play the notes in, which notes to double, etc).
If you don't want real musicians or MuseScore to choose their own voicing, best to not include chord symbols at all. They are really intended only for cases where you do want to encourage musicians to create the own accompaniment. But if you're adding them for analysis purposes only, then indeed, best to leave them in place but turn off playback. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't some other misunderstanding here.