Is it possible to use different shaped noteheads in Musescore?

• Apr 20, 2010 - 07:36

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Hi all,

I am new to this forum. I joined because I have a burning question that someone here may have the solution.

This is what I would like to do:

I would like to assign different notehead shapes to the different notes of the chromatic scale. For example, a triangle notehead for all C notes, a diamond notehead for all E notes, a half-oval for all G# notes etc... The result that I am seeking to achieve is that notes such as B#, C and Dbb will still be notated as before except that the notehead shape used for each of them will be a triangle (because they are all essentially the same note).

I have been playing around with the Finale Percussion Map, but it apparently requires that staff position be fixed along with the notehead when re-assigning noteheads to MIDI notes. What I need is to be able to assign a notehead shape to a MIDI note without having to fix the staff position for it. So a B# will still be notated as a note with a sharp in front of it on the B-line of the treble staff, the C will still be on a C-space, and the Dbb will still be notated as a note with two flats in front of it on the D-line; they will all be notated as they were in the traditional notation except that the notehead used for all of them will be a triangle.

Can somebody please help me with this? Can the feature I am looking for be done in Musescore?

I am hoping that this can be done using the Percussion Map and be made into a template, rather than a plug-in. If this needs to be created as a plug-in, is it something that I can do myself ?

Thank you in advance for all your responses.

Troy

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