playback two selected parts
How can I play back the 1st violin and cello parts in a string quartet without hearing the 2nd violin and viola?
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How can I play back the 1st violin and cello parts in a string quartet without hearing the 2nd violin and viola?
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Go into the mixer and set volume of 2nd violin and viola to 0
In reply to Go into the mixer and set… by rhalstenbach
Better just mute them
Another way would be to (temporarily) re-arrange the order of the staves so that 1st violin and cello are adjacent. (Yes, that's out of the normal order. That's why it's "temporary".) Then simply select a measure in one and extend the selection to the other, so that a measure in 1st v and c are both selected. Hit Play. Only the two selected staves will play.
In reply to Another way would be to … by TheHutch
Why complicated when the mute button is the official and most easy way?
In reply to Why complicated when the… by Jojo-Schmitz
No such thing as an "official" way of doing something. If it works, it works.
I was merely pointing out that a quick and easy way to play fewer than all instruments is to select a measure (or more) of adjacent staves. When the instruments are already adjacent, this is markedly easier than opening the Mixer.
Thanks everyone. I had hoped there was a shortcut, as in Sibelius. I got mad at Sibelius when they decided that a "perpetual licence" was only perpetual when they said it was, and I'm learning MuseScore, which, so far, has been great.
In reply to Thanks everyone. I had hoped… by davidsherr
I think maybe changing the order of instruments--putting the ones I want to hear next to each other--is the simplest. It's easy and easy to change back.
In reply to I think maybe changing the… by davidsherr
That depends on the score. Imagine a symphonic score, with 20-some staves. If you want to play only two staves and they are not adjacent, then using the Mixer and the Solo or Mute buttons there (Jojo's suggestion) would be quickest.
However, in that same symphonic score, if you want to play all the strings (or all the brass or woodwinds), they are already adjacent, so selecting measures in the adjacent scores is going to be fastest.
These are two different ways to obtain the same result: each best in different situations. Keep both of them in your arsenal of tricks and use one when it's best and the other when it is.