musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Bends: Add semitone bend and semitone prebend to default guitar palette

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Description

Your idea

Could the dev team add a semitone bend and semitone prebend to the default guitar palette? I know these can be created by the user, but, especially for new users, this would be a really welcome feature, given that semitone bends are so common.

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Research direction

Start by locating the default guitar palette implementation and the existing bend and prebend definitions. Compare how user-created semitone bends are represented, then verify that both semitone bend and semitone prebend appear in the default guitar palette and remain usable by new users.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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