Slash. 2 dot repeat sign. (Repeats Pallett, 1st symbol)
Submitted by Xavierjazz on March 19, 2009 - 11:16pm.
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It would be useful to be able to place this object ABOVE the staff when the bar affected is the same changes as the previous bar but there are melody notes written in the bar.
Best,
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Maybe the measure repeat symbol could be added to the symbol palette (F2).
Thanks for your prompt and useful responses.
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Has this been figured out yet? I'm trying to place a slash 2 dot repeat sign above the staff, to repeat the previous measure chord symbal, while keeping the melody which is different than the previous bar.
Have you seen the movie number 7 (Getting Started, home page) and the handbook (http://musescore.org/en/handbook/bar-line)?
If the problem is more complex attach the file and explains more details...
Yes, I did, but they didn't touch upon the problem.
Thanks.
Hi -
Try dragging the symbol from the Repeats palette to inside the measure and dropping it. Then drag it from there above the measure.
I don't think the symbol has any affect on playback, but it should give you the appearance you want.
Fifist
I tried that but then the melody would disapear.
Thanks for the response.
Try to attach the score if you want.
Shoichi, I'm not sure if I know how to attch a file here, but I'm going to try.
P.S. I think I've succeeded. Another interesting problem that I haven't attacked yet is the fact that on the last line I'd put 2 barline repeats; but you'll notice that the first one has disappeared and that happens each time I save it. Not a big deal though, 'cause I make sure I put it again each time I'm about to print a copy.
BTW, normally you don't need to put a repeat sign about a measure to tell musicians to repeat the previous chord, and in fact, it is counterproductive to do so. Musicians know that a chord symbol lasts until another one replaces it. So simply putting nothing above a measure means the pevious chord continues, and this is how virtually all published music does it.
If you do really want to put the sign above the staff anyhow, the suggesed method of placing the symbol then dragging up won't work because it won't allow for notes in the bar. And I don't see this symbol in the symbols palette yet - should probably be added, as mentioned a while back. Perhaos someone could submit an official feature request via the tracker.
For mow, I guess you could create it as a graphic (PNG file) and place it manually. But again, you might ask yourslef if it is worth the trouble, when the standard is to not use these symbols this way.
Hi Roderick -
Sorry, dragging the symbol onto the measure and then above it does indeed delete the notes there. But I found that you can still have notes in the measure that belong to voice 2..
Probably not the best solution.
Hope the band is doing well.
Fifist
That's interesting.
This sounds like a solution - I'm going to try it.
Thanks.
I believe that MuseScore 2.0 (not yet released) will give you the ability to add your own symbols to the symbols palette (and maybe others). (See Create -> Symbols)
The symbols there can be dropped on your score and have no particular intrinsic meaning. (For example, I have used the quarter note in notations at the top of the score, like "Met. (quarter note) = 96")
That's really the solution that doesn't require you to jump through hoops to get the appearance you want.
Perhaps lasconic can be persuaded to add this symbol to the Symbol palette for 1.3? This release will contain very few new things, just some important bug fixes, from what I understand.
Fifist
(You once called me "the Dutch lady", although I am not Dutch.)
Fifist,
I tried your original solution (of dragging the symbol up, and used voice 2 or 3 to re-write the melody) and it worked. I'll use it in my next leadsheet, and at some point I'll go back and add that to the charts I've already done. I just need to remeber which voice has a stem up and which stem down, so I won't need to go change stem direction in the "note-properties".
Thanks again.
P.S. "The Dutch lady" sounds like something I would say if there was anything "Dutchy" about you, but but now you really have me in a mystery. Feel free to email me and tell me more about it - you can find my email address here: www.myspace.com/camelialatinband .
P.S. Concerning the band, right now we're still in the slow season, but change is on the horizon.
How did you find out about it - did you google it? (Just curious.)
Thanks again.
What you're saying is true and I'm aware of that possibilty. The problem with that is that if you make a small bar among many other bars, some musicians have a tendency to skip or overlook it. But once I started putting the "previous measure repeat" sign on each bar that didn't have a chord symbol, this problem was solved. (Of course it's also easy to just repeat the same chor symbol again, which is what I'm currently doing, but the chart can end up looking pretty "crowded" with chord symbols.
Ultimately, what I'm trying to do is to have my charts achieve the clearest possible communication. If I make a chart and no one has any question about it, or no one gets lost at any point, then I consider having achieved this purpose.
Thanks for your response.