Enharmonic problem

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Started by Rob den Heijer on 2005-08-21 10:15:45

While inspecting a Raff symphony, I stumbled on this:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single) \|Clef\|Type:Treble \|Key\|Signature:F# \|Chord\|Dur:Half\|Pos:b-3\|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem\|Dur2:Whole\|Pos2:-4^ \|Note\|Dur:Half\|Pos:-2\|Opts:Stem=Up \|Bar \|Chord\|Dur:Whole\|Pos:-4\|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem\|Dur2:Whole\|Pos2:#-2 !NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

The chord does not sound because the F# and Gnat coincide. When the Gnat stops sounding, the F# does, too. Quite logical, come to think of it, but still strange. And not desirable.

Reply 1 by Lawrie Pardy on 2005-08-21 10:33:53

Hi Rob,
umm, just which F# and Gnat was that again? :)

I see a minim Fb and semibreve E Chord (this is a unison of course) with a Gnat following (the E has a tie), a barline then a semibreve G#, E Chord (the E is the tie destination).

With my staff set to trumpet (Piano makes it hard to discern because of the normal decay) and the Yamaha softsynth selected, I hear what I expect, a sustained E with a G followed by a G# sounding.

However, with the MS Wavetable softsynth, or the Chaos 8Mb and the AirFont 340 soundfonts selected in the 2 hardware synths in my Audigy I do not hear the E after the Fb stops.

I suspect this is more a synth/midi issue rather than an NWC issue.

Lawrie

Reply 2 by Rob den Heijer on 2005-08-21 11:51:59

Ah well, that's what you get when you copy from interesting scores with clefs all over the place.