MuseScore 4 - How to change to pizzicato?

• Dec 15, 2022 - 02:01

Before, one would add text, go to the system text properties, and enable pizzicato. This seems to not be available in MuseScore 4; is this simply not a feature added in yet, or is there a new way to do this?


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In reply to by Nino Terraza

There is no pizz marking in here, but if I add one at the beginning, I don't hear a problem - it switches back to arco where it says it should. Volume sounds about right too,a lthough there is nothing to compare to since there are no other instruments. Are you sure you attached the right score?

In reply to by [DELETED] 44691044

Remark: found it how to change from the palette but it changed it for both 1st and 2nd voice instead of only 2nd voice.
Classic string instruments like cello often use gripping hand pizzicato (+) simultaneously with arco, this does not work as it did in Version 3. There it worked fine...
So please I need help how to get arco or pizzicato separately for each of the 4 voices per system, thank you

Playback doesn't work for me either, after adding "pizz." from the text palette. When clicking on an individual note it sounds pizzicato, but on play back it is arco.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.0.1-230121751, revision: 9b70a8c

In reply to by crispin

Should work unless maybe you're trying to add this to an extremely old score, from say four or more years ago. Then you might need to update your instrument definition (in the instruments panel, replace instrument, and choose same instrument again).

If you continue to have trouble, please attach the score so we can understand and assist better.

In reply to by phroglis

You have gone out of your way to select the Violin, Viola, and Cello sounds from MS Basic, rather than leaving the defaults in place which would let MuseScore choose the sounds automatically. You need to reopen the Mixer and set those sounds back to the defaults (either the corresponding Muse Sounds instruments or MS Basic / Choose automatically) so it can switch to the pizz sounds when appropriate and not stay locked to the MS Basic specific sounds you chose.

In reply to by phroglis

You don’t need to - merely select solo violin 1 (or any of the other string sounds) automatically includes correct support for pizz etc. That because MuseSounds has a lot of smarts built into it where each instrument “knows” the various sounds it can produce and select between them based directly on the notation . Whereas sound fonts like MS Basic require MuseScore to work harder to manage all that, and this only works when you set it to “choose automatically.”

But again, you can set the all at once by just using View / Playback profile.

In reply to by phroglis

The portamento that is included in the default Muse Sounds solo strings can be disabled by adding a staff text and setting the sound flag to “classic phrasing”. So for the highest quality playback, that’s the way to go - use the solo sounds in Muse Sounds, add the sound flag. If on the other hand you are content with the more synthesized sound of

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