BUG: Invisible note causes all ledger lines to become invisible

• May 11, 2025 - 23:32

If a chord contains invisible notes, all ledger lines for that chord will also become invisible, not just the lines needed on the hidden notes. It appears that Musescore only considers the visibility of the highest/lowest note instead of checking the visibility of each individual note to determine how many ledger lines need to be displayed.

OS: macOS 12.0, Arch.: x86_64
MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.5.2-251141402
revision: ac9d3bc

The reason I needed to add invisible notes in the first place was because Musescore does not have proper support for cross-staff arpeggio's, and as a workaround, I used the invisible notes to fix the play back issues with the arpeggio. If there's some other way to accomplish what I am trying to do, that would be great, but I still think the invisible ledger line is a bug that should be addressed.

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Comments

Just found a workaround: If I add a visible but non-playing note in another voice in the exact same position as the original note, then the ledger lines will display correctly.

Still would like to see a real fix for this bug, since this is already a workaround for a workaround.

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