NOTION Music Forum

Question:

Glissando on a piano. Can I assign to "gliss" only on the white keys? You know how difficult it is to do a gliss also on the black keys, if not completely impossible to perform in most cases. The notation program Overture has this feature. Also one can assign the moment a glissando starts. I didn't find this in Notion. When present it can enrich the perfomance dramatically (e.g. trombones, clarinets, even strings).

Raymond

I was under the impression that Notion's "default" was to only gliss on the white keys. Is this not the case with what you're hearing? Every time I've used a piano gliss (admittedly, only a handful of times) the gliss sounded like just the white keys.

The piano gliss already should be just white keys, that's correct.

Lubo Astinov

pcartwright wrote:I was under the impression that Notion's "default" was to only gliss on the white keys. Is this not the case with what you're hearing? Every time I've used a piano gliss (admittedly, only a handful of times) the gliss sounded like just the white keys.

Didn't try it yet, maybe it is true, but I wondered why I couldn't set any property of the behaviour, or am I overlooking something?

Raymond

Raymond,

The gliss sign automatically defaults to the type of instrument:

1. Piano - white keys only
2. Harp - harp tuning (or current key)
3. Chromatic Brass and Winds (non-slides) - chromatic pitches
4. Strings and Trombones - slides (pitch shift)

Thus, the gliss is attempting to most accurately represent the instrument it is placed on.

Hope this helps

Lubo Astinov

astinov wrote:Raymond,

The gliss sign automatically defaults to the type of instrument:

1. Piano - white keys only
2. Harp - harp tuning (or current key)
3. Chromatic Brass and Winds (non-slides) - chromatic pitches
4. Strings and Trombones - slides (pitch shift)

Thus, the gliss is attempting to most accurately represent the instrument it is placed on.

Hope this helps

Lubo Astinov

I searched the manual and couldn't find this great solution. Maybe I used the wrong search argument. Highlight this and other "for me still hidden features" a bit more under a chapter "Strength of Notion 3"

Much obliged,
Raymond