Pizzicato
I read in the manual how to add pizzicato and then change back to arco. It is pretty labored. Surely a short cut from the 'articulations and ornaments' would be a good solution. Select note - double click on 'pizz' and then the same for 'arco'.
Just a thought.
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If this is a symbol you use a lot, see the Handbook under "Custom palette" to see how to add that symbol to your own palette. Then it will work just as you say.
In reply to If this is a symbol you use a by Marc Sabatella
Wow. I had no idea any of that was possible. I looked it all up and have set it up as a custom palette. The only slight problem I have found is that in order to have the effect working after I have double-clicked on to my custom 'pizz.' command I have to open the stave text properties box and simply press 'OK'. Then it works fine and is considerably quicker than before.
Thanks so much!
In reply to Wow. I had no idea any of by Gavin
Huh, that shouldn't be the case. If you can write up a detailed set of instructions to reproduce this, we can see if it is a bug or just something you aren't doing correctly.
In reply to Huh, that shouldn't be the by Marc Sabatella
OK, so to create the original effect I followed the handbook instructions. I selected a note, clicked Add from the main menu, then 'Text', then 'Stave Text'. Then I wrote the text 'pizz.' Then I right-clicked on the word 'pizz.' and clicked 'Stave Text Properties'. In the Stave Text Properties Dialog Box I selected the 1st voice and then changed the channel from 'normal' to 'pizzicato'.
Finally, after your last message, I created a new palette and after pressing Crt : Shft, dragged the 'pizz.' symbol from the physical score I was working on to the new palette. Once in place I then select a note and double-click the word 'pizz.' from my custom palette. The effect doesn't immediately work. Instead, I have to right click the word 'pizz' in the score, go to 'Stave Text Properties' where the word 'pizzicato' is already listed as the channel. I then have to simply press 'OK' for it to then work as it should.
I am pretty happy with this solution to be honest but if you can fix it or tell me what I am doing wrong that would be great. Currently working on my first full orchestral score so anything to make it easier is appreciated. You guys are great! Thanks.
In reply to OK, so to create the original by Gavin
Huh, those are the right steps, and it works fine for me. Can you post the specific score you are habving problems with? Is it the same score you added the original "pizz." text to? I tried it both with the same score as well as a different score, and it worked fine both times.
In reply to Huh, those are the right by Marc Sabatella
That's weird. I just went through all the steps again deleting the 'pizz.' command from my palette and then dragging over a new one from a new score and got the same glitch. I attach a test score. Try dragging my 'pizz' into a palette and then put in some fresh notes and apply the command by selecting the note and then doubleclicking. See if it works first time or whether you need to right click on the word 'pizz. in the score and go to 'stave text properties' and hit 'OK' first.
I really appreciate you taking the time to look at this by the way. Especially as I am probably making a wrong move somewhere.
Gavin
In reply to That's weird. I just went by Gavin
Worked the first time for me, 2.0.2. When I say "worked", I mean, hitting "Play" produced the right effect. It is often true that until you do that, merely clicking a note won't register newly added changes.
In reply to Worked the first time for me, by Marc Sabatella
Ah. So sorry. I hadn't realized that you actually had to hit play. I was just merely moving through the notes using the cursor. So sorry for wasting your time but thanks so much for your attentive support.
In reply to Ah. So sorry. I hadn't by Gavin
You're welcome, not a waste of time at all. It is something that isn't always obvious, and easy to not realize. FWIW, the same thing happens in quite a few other situations, like if you copy and paste that same marking from one spot in the score to another. It is often case that it is the hitting of the Play button that triggers MuseScore to do the necessary calculations to figure out various aspects of playback, and until then, you will hear the original sounds.
In reply to You're welcome, not a waste by Marc Sabatella
Thinking about it, part of the reason I missed this is because I am working on a full orchestral score. With so many other parts playing at once you often can't hear the subtlety of a single instrument playing pizzicato. Therefore, in order to check I have done it correctly I have been only 'scrolling' through that particular part so that I can hear it individually rather then playing the whole score. On that subject, other than by opening the mixer, is there a shortcut to just playing back a single instrument? With 17 instruments, it's unwieldy to untick every other part just to listen to a few bars of one instrument. Thanks so much again for your help.
In reply to Thinking about it, part of by Gavin
"With 17 instruments, it's unwieldy to untick every other part just to listen to a few bars of one instrument."
Just click the "solo" button in the mixer channel of whichever instrument (or instruments) you want to hear.
For more about this, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/change-and-adjust-sounds-0
In reply to "With 17 instruments, it's by Xasman
Got it. Once again, thanks. I guess it's been a while since I had to learn a new piece of software from scratch so I guess I'm picking it up as I go. That one I should have noticed!
In reply to Got it. Once again, thanks. by Gavin
No worries; you're not the only one - I'm also still learning Musescore (having only adopted it from version 2.0), but I use it most days so I feel I'm becoming reasonably familiar with it now. As with most things in life though, there's always more to learn! ;)