How do I add ghost notes in drum notation
I am having trouble creating ghost notes in drum notation, I have done a search and one of the answers was to double click the X in the noteheads palette, but this doesn't seem to work. There was also a method of dragging the X on to the selected note this also doesn't seem to work.. It is not a desperate problem as I can ink the brackets in after printing but this seems a long drawn out way of doing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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There are plenty of ways to notate ghost notes. For example, you can notate them as small notehead. Right click on a note and choose small. Is that what you want ?
In reply to There are plenty of ways to by [DELETED] 5
Not really. Standard notation dictates that it is a normal size of note with brackets around it , the problem I am having is with the brackets, does MuseScore cater for this?.
In reply to Ghost Notes by glennhop
As far as I know there is no standard for drum notation. If you know a written standard please share.
You can add bracket around notes by typing Z. The symbol palette will appear and you can drag brackets (row 5) from there on a notehead.
In reply to As far as I know there is no by [DELETED] 5
There is an attempt at standardising notation, try this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Standardized-Drumset-Notation-Norman-Weinberg/d…
It is not the holy grail but it is trying to clean up the mess that current drum notation is.
A huge amount of thanks for the tip with the symbol palette, worked perfectly. Probably would never have found it without you.
In reply to Ghost Notes by glennhop
The quickest and best way is to do this:
Palette - accidentals - drag the 2 bracket symbol to your note.
This way you don't have to dick around with placing one bracket and then the other. Also I think these "accidental" bracket track the note, so that if your formatting changes they move with the new position of your ghost note.
best
M
In reply to The quickest and best way is by mickey_strange
This method wasn't available 5 1/2 year ago ;-)
In reply to This method wasn't available by Jojo-Schmitz
Ha Ha point taken : )
I just found your thread cause I wanted to do the same thing and then messed around and found the accidental brackets, so thought someone else might profit if they come across this thread.
In reply to The quickest and best way is by mickey_strange
Man.. Huuuuge help. I would have never thought to look for the "parenthesis" notation in accidentals. Im transcribing a drum part and I absolutely needed to know how to do this. THANKS
In reply to Man.. Huuuuge help. I would… by Mdzebar
FWIW, back then that might have been the only way, but now the brakcets are also on the noteheads palette.
I also agree that it is a common practice to notate ghost notes with parentheses around them. But the supposed way to "Create symbols..." and drag parentheses to note heads doesn't work quite well for me. While left parenthesis fits just fine, the right one goes just after the left one, but not after the note head. The result looks like a crossed note head with left parenthesis. I attach an example.
One more question concerning ghost notes: is it possible to make them actually sound more quietly than regular ones?
Thanks
In reply to More on ghost notes by AntonB
First upgrade to MuseScore 1.1, you can download it on http://musescore.org
You can move the right parenthesis with the mouse or with double click and the left and right arrow keys.
To make the ghost note play more quietly, select them with ctrl + click, right click on one -> note properties -> Velocity type -> User, value 40 for example.
Open the attachement with MuseScore 1.1.
In reply to First upgrade to MuseScore by [DELETED] 5
Thank you, lasconic! I'm already on 1.1 and your instructions worked perfectly.
But is there some way to automate this process? E.g. is it possible to create a single "snare drum ghost note" button on palette, which will have parentheses and lower velocity? Similarly it would be great to have an "accented snare drum" button with increased velocity and a "sforzato" sign above the note, adjusted to be placed above the staff. And maybe some more customized notes.
And is it a bug that right parenthesis doesn't go after the note head by default?
In reply to Thank you, lasconic! I'm by AntonB
I would also like to voice my support for standardised ghost notes on musescore, and other customized notes. Musescore is a godsend for my own notational needs but it still eats up plenty of time when transcribing even relatively simple pieces for drumkit.
In reply to First upgrade to MuseScore by [DELETED] 5
Thank you so much! It took me a few minutes to realize that I need the inspector, but I got the effect and the look that I need. Thank you