Edit a Pallette

• Mar 1, 2010 - 21:08

I play Handbells for my church Choir and I found musescore and and been messing with it for a few days now and was wondering. I look though all the pallettes and there is now handbell markings for it, and I was wonderinf how i can make a palette that has bell music markings on it to add to music in musescore.


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In reply to by [DELETED] 5

Lasconic,

I agree that the missing Handbell symbology as well as with playback is very limiting for handbell composers/arrangers. Like you, I have resorted to creating a collection of .jpg's (images) of the various markings) however, these do not stay anchored well when the global page settings are modified.

In the meantime, I have resorted to the "Create-->Text-->Chrd Name" to enter the plain-text equalavent of the specific marking (e.g. "Gyro", "SK", etc.) along with an "*" to reference a footnote on the bottom of the page.

1 - It would be immensly useful to either have the ability to add to the palette for "Articulations and Ornaments" or for MuseScore to incorporate the common Handbell Notation Symbols used in: http://www.handbellworld.com/music/HandbellNotation.cfm.

2 - I would like to see playback support for handbell-specific techniques such as Shake (SK) Brush Damp (BD) and mallet (although these may require SoundFont support (?).

3 - There is currently no mechanism to include both Handbells and Handchimes on the same staff (as is common is bell choir arrangements).

Attached are some .JPG Handbell Markings that can be used in an English Handbell score (Other symbols are accomplished using existing articulations & Ornaments, lines or chord/staff text).

See also: //www.handbellworld.com/music/HandbellNotation.cfm [Handbell Notation Symbols & Definitions

In reply to by Jaredone

No, you download the files to your computer. Most browsers have some sort of option - like right clicking the link - to allow you download the file to your computer. Every system is different; you'll have to consult the documentation for your browser to figure out how to download files if you don't already know how.

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