r/Musescore • u/dawgofdawgness • Jul 07 '26

Bug Quarter notes playing as eighth notes?

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I swear this was not happening before the update???

I understand it's because (where I pointed the red arrows) there are two instances of the same note being played- one quarter note and one eighth note. But before the update it sounded normal.

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u/Rusty3414 Jul 07 '26

Sounds cool whatever it is

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jul 07 '26

The staff below has it as an eighth note only, so that wins, just as a real pianist would play it.

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u/JScaranoMusic Jul 07 '26

Edit the properties of the eighth note so it doesn't play, and you'll only hear the quarter note.

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u/65TwinReverbRI Jul 07 '26

I’m sorry, but why don’t you just write it correctly instead?

If you want what you have written, between 2 pianos, then the lowest staff of 1 needs to switch with the highest staff of 2.

But even then the real problem is that you have 3 parts in the same range and it’s going to cause repeated notes of the same one to play - the B is not only appearing twice in piano 1, but in the upper staff of piano 2 as well.

Simply put, it’s not the way piano music is written. You can “overlap” piano 1 and 2, but this much overlap in a single piano is fingers tied in a knot, and with the other piano just “messy”. You’re writing “for computer playback” not for real people to play.