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Recognise and correctly style 'compound' dynamics such as sfzp
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Description
Your idea
Dynamics made up of compound subdynamics, such as sforzando-pianos (sfzp, sffzp, sfzpp, sfzppp, etc) are quite common, but currently MuseScore does not recognise them when you type them in the dynamics box, and doesn't style them in the correct dynamics font. This image shows dynamics that have been recognised, dynamics that have not been recognised, and one dynamic that was entered using keyboard shortcuts (cmd-shift-letter)
Problem to be solved
While you can use the keyboard shortcuts (cmd-shift-letter) to enter 'sfzp' properly, not everyone knows these shortcuts. It would be more intuitive if MuseScore could recognise these when they are typed in.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in MuseScore's dynamics box with sfzp, sffzp, sfzpp and related forms, then trace the recognition and dynamics-font styling paths. Done means these compound dynamics are accepted when typed and displayed using the correct dynamics font, matching keyboard-shortcut entry.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100