Starting with upbeat
Hi everybody!
I just downloaded 0.9.5 for my Windows XP this week and have my first Q: I want to start my piano piece with an upbeat; for example in a 4/4 piece I want to start only with a quarter note (or two eigth notes) in the first bar (and probably eventually finish the piece with only three quarternotes). And also; how do I get rid of those annoying rests the the computer put in all the time?
Thank you for the help!
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... as you will get past the option, when you set up a new score.
You will find many answers in the handbook.
For more details see Create new score, "Time signature, pickup, and number of measures".
Also, before starting with experimenting, enjoy these fantastic screencasts:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MuseScoreHowTo
In reply to ... is easy by kbundies
Thank you very much!
Sometimes, when you're new to something, even to find solutions in the instruction books can be difficult, but now I feel that I'm on the right track! BUT I still don't get rid of the breaks in every measure, is that possible?
In reply to Seanote by Seanote
Seanote,
voice 1 will have to fill up the bar (all note and rest values will add up to the time signature).
voice 2, 3 and 4 will do the same, but here you can delete parts of them (f.e. unwanted rests) by selecting and cutting them ("Cut" in Edit menu)
In reply to cut them away by kbundies
Ok, so if I ever will reach a stage where I want to print a finished piece; will those rests still be there in the first bar, on the page? It looks so easy in the manual...
I just managed to drag some rests out of the score, and placed them "on the paper"...But they're coming back!
In reply to Ok... by Seanote
I guess it depends on the circumstances. When you add notes they replace the rests. Maybe you can share an example of what you are trying to do? Another option available is to right-click on a rest and choose "Set Invisible". Invisible rests show as gray on the screen but do not print.
In reply to I guess it depends on the by David Bolton
Thank you again! To right-click on a rest and choose Invisible is great!
With the upbeat, or pickup thing; it must be possible to start with an upbeat in both the g- and f-clef...By clicking on Note-input and "turn it off" I found that it's possible to click, hold and drag out the breaks from the score and place them down on the paper (Tipp-Ex, anyone?). I really want to get rid of the breaks; if not it's like someone else is writing the music.
I guess the reason the breaks are there at all is to help people to get the right "number" in every meassure, but for me it makes it more difficult.
In reply to Thank you again! by Seanote
It is difficult to give advice without fully understanding what you are trying to do. You could attach a copy of your score to a comment below.
In most circumstances an upbeat will not have extra rests. If you are trying to remove rests from the upbeat it sounds like you didn't set it up correctly yet (see my instructions below).
I wouldn't recommend clicking and dragging rests if want you really want to do is make them invisible.
In reply to It is difficult to give by David Bolton
Ok. I'll try to get used to "invisible".
Thank you!
In reply to Thank you again! by Seanote
Seanote, if you think about it:
There must be a little difference between putting music onto a piece of paper and putting it into a notation application like Musescore (which also handles the playback of your input).
When you put music into MuseScore, it must be already "thinking" about the playback.
If MuseScore plays back your score, it has to know when to play a note and for how long to play it.
If one note has stopped playing the next note will be played, unless there is a rest in between. This rest also has to have a value, otherwise MuseScore will not know, how long to wait.
Conclusion: At least in one voice (=voice1) all spaces between the notes have to be filled up with rests - otherwise you will have a wrong playback.
If you like, you may hide rests, but they have to be there in the first place - so don’t get annoyed about them - this is a tiny difference to writing music onto paper :-)
In reply to the rests are there for a logical reason by kbundies
Thanks again, KB!
The computer playback is something I haven't been thinking about, and I don't view the rests in a negative way anymore.
My only goal was to get the notes down in print. Little after little I'll learn how to use the program!
You can set the pickup for the first measure in the new score wizard as explained by kb above. To set the last measure to three beats see Measure operations , "Duration".
In reply to You can set the pickup for by David Bolton
Thank you very much!
What would people do without people?
In reply to You can set the pickup for by David Bolton
Thank you again, David! I will use your advice when I'll reach the end of the road...Many hours from now!