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Muse Piano accents are inconsistent
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Description
Issue type
Muse Sounds bug
Bug description
When using Muse Sounds, the various methods of specifying emphasis (accent/marcato articulations, sf/fz/sfz dynamic markings etc.) cause inconsistent results.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new solo piano score using Muse Sounds
- Add a whole bunch of notes (ideally over 30) at the same pitch
- Add various accents/marcato articulations, dynamic "emphasis" type markings to various notes
- Duplicate the whole passage and add a regular f dynamic to the second copy.
- Play it back and and observe that some accents are very subtle (even a "marcato" hat), and others make no difference at all or even make the sound quieter! (e.g. fz when the underlying dynamic is f)
My general expectation:
- Regular "accent" articulation mark could be something between the current level of emphasis and what you get with sfz when the underlying dynamic is mf. Regular marcato articulation mark (^) should be pretty much what you get using sfz (again when the underlying dynamic is mf).
- Probably no need for any difference between fz/sf/sfz (debatable obviously), at least at mf underlying dynamic. Arguably sf should always mean "at least forte for just this note, but obviously louder than unmarked notes".
- At an f underlying dynamic, fz (or the ^ marcato mark) should give something a bit less than the current sffz).
Screenshots/Screen recordings
https://musescore.com/user/7209246/scores/17311960/s/6liQrz
MuseScore Version
4.3
Regression
I don't know
Operating system
Windows 11
Additional context
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