There seems to be a bug where when using swing timing, the articulation of one note can “spill out” to other notes.
I have created this example document to reproduce and test; it has 3 times the same phrase, with the middle one having an additional staccato:
Important: The document uses “Light swing 8ths” and is using Note Performer.
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The first phrase plays back correctly.
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In the second phrase with the staccato, the long note at the end is way too short.
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The third phrase, although not having a staccato, plays back with the last note being too short.
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Even when you start playback at the start of the last phrase, the last note will be too short. This makes me think that this is not a Note Performer thing (as it would not even know about the staccate in bar 4) but a Dorico thing.
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The piano roll in Play mode only shows playing techniques “natural” and “legato” being used. No “staccato” anywhere, so I can just guess that Dorico is sending some wrong information to Note Performer after the staccato note in bar 4.
Here is the Dorico file:
articulation-in-swing-spills.dorico (1.3 MB)
And here is the way it sounds:
(Just to clarify: I’m not seeking workarounds; this is just for the developers or whoever might want to investigate the problem.)
It would be disappointing if this issue has not been fixed, as a staccato marking on the last note of a slur in swing tone causes significant playback issues. One solution is to add the Ord. playback technique before the affected note. I hope this helps…