Bends on guitar

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jongtr
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Sibelius Version: first
Operating System: Windows

Post by jongtr » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:40 am

Is there a way (in Sibelius First) to prevent the second note of a bend sounding (ie remove its attack but keep its pitch)?

In guitar technique, only the first note is picked, the second achieved by pushing the string sharp. Sibelius playback produces the bend nicely, but makes it sound like the second note is picked, which is wrong.

Same applies to slurs, which sound no different on playback from two notes picked separately. (On an actual guitar, the 2nd note would sound more like a continuation of the first at different pitch, again with no initial attack.)

(I realise this may be asking too much of the sound samples, but just thought I'd check.)

J


bobp
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Post by bobp » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:00 pm

Sorry, doesn't work even in the full version. Considering that Sibelius is primarily notation software, it plays back many things well. I too wish bends and slides were among them.
Bob Porter
Sibelius 7.5, W10,i5,16 GB ram,desktop

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