I’d like to adjust the playback sounding pitch on individual notes without changing how the note appears in the score. Is there a way to do this?
Using the key editor always adjusts the notated pitch as well and I’d like to avoid this.
Any assistance on this would be so appreciated! Thank you!
Not sure what context you’re working in, and what you’d want to achieve (and why), but one thing to know is that you can hide accidentals in the property panel below (Cmd-8 on Mac, Ctrl-8 on Windows). I use it often in Renaissance music for ficta notes, i.e. notes that were sung or played with accidentals that the musicians of the time were supposed to add themselves (according to certain rules and musical taste), and that are written above the notes in modern editions. I use custom playing techniques for that.
A totally different option is using MIDI pitch bend commands, which are far beyond my expertise, but several people on this forum know a lot about. If you can elaborate a bit on what you need, I’m sure someone will chime in and help you.
Welcome to the forum, BTW!
Another way might be to enter two notes at the same rhythmic position, probably best in different voices, and with the Voice Column Index adjusted as necessary. Hide the notehead and stem (and rhythm dot, if there is one) of the note you want to hear, and suppress playback for the note that is showing. Apart from the initial note entry which must be done in Write mode, the other actions must be done in Engrave mode (in Properties - the lower zone). Suppressing playback can be done in either.
Thank you for the warm welcome and the helpful response! I was encountering issues with harmonics sounding correctly with playback. I did explore the pitch bend commands a bit but it proved to be far beyond my expertise as well haha.
The solution I ended up going with was to create another staff for the instrument using harmonics which I would notate with the correct sounding pitch and then suppress playback in the original staff. Then, by hiding this sounding second staff, I could have both accurate playback and notation! Voila! There’s likely a better solution, but it’s the one I’m using for now.
Thanks again!
Hey Steven! I pretty much used your solution, but used a different staff instead of a different voice.
I created another staff (still connected to the instrument using harmonics) which I would notate with the correct sounding pitch and then suppress playback in the original staff. Then, by hiding this sounding second staff, I could have both accurate playback and notation.
Thank you for your help!
Dorico is quite good at harmonics nowadays. In principle, you can notate (and hear) most of them using built-in functionality. Check the properties panel below to find the panel with the harmonics settings. Also see the manual:
Unfortunately, not every sound library may have every single variety on board, but as a simple NotePerformer user I don’t have complaints.