Harmonics question

[Michel_Edward]

I’m writing a doublebass part and have a harmonic on the major 6th (open string A, touch F#).

But I’m not seeing this partial when I try to apply a harmonic. Is it not there? or did I fly by it without seeing it?

[Mark_Johnson]

I happen to remember this thread …

Major sixth natural harmonics to be recognized (feature request)

On the violin the major 6th natural harmonics are usually preferred before the majord 3rds. They produce the same sounding pitch (one major 3rd 2 octaves above the open string). Unfortunately Dorico doesn’t recognize major 6th harmonics: don’t playback even if it is correctly defined in the Harmonics properties. surprisingly it is not possible to assign a string to major 6th harmonics (Note and rest property - String). In Elaine Gould’s Behind Bars table of natural harmonics, p 417, the major…

[Michel_Edward]

ok, thanks.
hopefully, natural harmonics on orchestral string instruments will get a bit of a revamp in an upcoming patch or update,