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Sound flag silences playback after copied to another instrument
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Description
Issue type
General playback bug
Description with steps to reproduce
If you copy/paste a sound flag to an instrument that doesn't support that sound flag, the second instrument will produce no sound during playback. It's easy to do this without realizing it by copy/pasting a range.
Example:
- Create a new score containing trombone and piano (using Muse Sounds for both)
- Enter some music into the trombone part
- Add a sound flag at the beginning of the trombone part and set it to "classic phrasing"
- Copy and paste the entire trombone part into the piano part
- Select the first measure of the piano part and press spacebar to start playback
Result: no sound
Expected result: piano part sounds normally
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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c544890-9919-4b3b-bb98-172eaa6dcdf4
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.6.5
Regression
No.
Operating system
Windows 10
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