Change note duration for playback without changing notehead OR having it count in the measure
Similarly to how a measure can have a nominal and actual duration (though not exactly the same), is there a way for a single note to do this? Ie. in note properties have an option to make a note look like a 16th note, but play as a quarter note? Importantly, this would not affect playback or stretch the time between notes.
My aim with this is to achieve a certain sound in playback, while not having to clutter my score with multiple voices (this is what I've done it in the past).
In the picture I attached (1 measure, 6/8), I want the Voice 2 note to appear as a 16th note so that I'm only using Voice 1, but have it play as a quarter note for sound purposes, without affecting the other notes' time.
Is there any way to do this, and would demand even exist for this feature? Or should I just suck it up and use multiple voices.
(And yes I could use Voice 2 notes, make them invisible, and add visible Voice 1 notes that don't play, but that's a lot of work I don't care to do)
(Edit: Just remembered I sometimes use tied notes to achieve this as well, but again it feels too cluttery for me lol)
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Perhaps the Let-ring plugout might help
https://musescore.org/en/node/323083
In reply to Perhaps the Let-ring plugout… by AndreasKågedal
I'm not too familiar with plugins/outs but I'll keep that in mind - thanks!
You wrote:
I want the Voice 2 note to appear as a 16th note so that I'm only using Voice 1, but have it play as a quarter note for sound purposes, without affecting the other notes' time.
I don't know the context (e.g., music notated strictly for yourself) but if you want a note to appear as a 16th note in voice 1 and have it sound as a quarter note, a shared notehead could fit the bill:
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/noteheads#shared-noteheads
In reply to You wrote: I want the Voice… by Jm6stringer
I don't think this is quite what I'm looking for, but it did remind me that in some cases I can just use Voice 2 and flip the stem direction so that it looks like it's part of the chord?? Which is something I probably should have thought of, but thanks anyway XD
The PRE (Piano Roll Editor) affords the option of changing a note’s play duration without affecting its face value. PRE work can be tedious and twiddly but viable for projects of limited scope.
What instrument are you writing for?
In reply to The PRE (Piano Roll Editor)… by wr8h6vjvqz
Usually piano