dj
03-23-2017, 12:31 PM
Hi, guys:
There seems to be an issue with the "Replace note and rest with staccato note" feature (R-dot).
Please look at bars 14 through 17 of the attached .not file.
The treble staff of the piano part contains a series of 1/8th note chords I'd like to make staccato.
It seems that Composer gets confused when a bar contains multiple possibilities of auto-staccato-ization, to coin a term.
If I select just the chord on beat one of bar 14, and use the R-dot command, the result is not a staccato quarter-note chord, but an eighth-note chord with a staccato mark and one note expanded to quarter-note value.
E.G. the first chord in bar 14 is an Ab chord. R-dotting it will give a chord consisting of 1/8-note Ab, 1/4-note Eb, 1/8-note C.
Selecting the whole bar, which has two possible R-dot situations, results in the mixed chord above on beat one and a properly staccato-ed chord on beat 3.
Same result in bar 15, BUT!
Bar 16, which has a chord on beat three that has already been staccato-ed, results in proper notation after the R-dot command is used.
BUT!
Bar 17, which has a non-staccato chord on beat three, results in the odd mixed note length chord described.
I believe it has to do with the mix of rests of different values, as placing a temporary note on beat two of the faulty bars will result in proper R-dotting of the first chord.
Might already be on the "to-do" list, but I've been doing a lot of staccato on this piece so I'm a little grumpy about having to work around it. :D
David
By the way, this piece is for a new musical adaptation I'm doing of Aristophanes Lysistrata, a 2,400 year old Greek comedy that's as up-to-date and modern as today's headlines. Think of snappy, sassy chorus girls in Greek robes while you listen to it.
There seems to be an issue with the "Replace note and rest with staccato note" feature (R-dot).
Please look at bars 14 through 17 of the attached .not file.
The treble staff of the piano part contains a series of 1/8th note chords I'd like to make staccato.
It seems that Composer gets confused when a bar contains multiple possibilities of auto-staccato-ization, to coin a term.
If I select just the chord on beat one of bar 14, and use the R-dot command, the result is not a staccato quarter-note chord, but an eighth-note chord with a staccato mark and one note expanded to quarter-note value.
E.G. the first chord in bar 14 is an Ab chord. R-dotting it will give a chord consisting of 1/8-note Ab, 1/4-note Eb, 1/8-note C.
Selecting the whole bar, which has two possible R-dot situations, results in the mixed chord above on beat one and a properly staccato-ed chord on beat 3.
Same result in bar 15, BUT!
Bar 16, which has a chord on beat three that has already been staccato-ed, results in proper notation after the R-dot command is used.
BUT!
Bar 17, which has a non-staccato chord on beat three, results in the odd mixed note length chord described.
I believe it has to do with the mix of rests of different values, as placing a temporary note on beat two of the faulty bars will result in proper R-dotting of the first chord.
Might already be on the "to-do" list, but I've been doing a lot of staccato on this piece so I'm a little grumpy about having to work around it. :D
David
By the way, this piece is for a new musical adaptation I'm doing of Aristophanes Lysistrata, a 2,400 year old Greek comedy that's as up-to-date and modern as today's headlines. Think of snappy, sassy chorus girls in Greek robes while you listen to it.