install harp pedal diagram plugin
The instructions for installing new plugins are as clear as mud. It says to put pedal_diagram.qml (for harp) into MuseScore2/Plugins Directory, but not how to do it. It seems to assume the user knows how. It also says it requires installation of HarpFont.ttf, but doesn't tell how to do it. It seems to assume the user knows how to do this, too. I've clicked on everything it says to click on, and still can't figure it out. Can you please explain in step by step instructions how to do these things? I've seen other similar posts, and the answers are not clear. I'm using a MacBookPro with OSX Lion 10.7.5 and have MuseScore 2.0.3. Thanks so much.
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had you already read here: https://musescore.org/en/project/harppedal2 ?
In reply to had you already read here: by Shoichi
Yes. It says: Put pedal_diagram.qml into your MuseScore2/Plugins directory. How? Step by step, please. Thank you.
In reply to Yes. It says: Put by susan.krysiak
Do you know how to find your Documents folder?
In reply to Yes. It says: Put by susan.krysiak
Search the MuseScore2 folder (Consider that I use Windows);
Open the Plugin folder;
Drag in it.
then
In reply to Search the MuseScore2 folder by Shoichi
It would be so helpful if your screen looked like mine. It doesn't. Does anyone know how to do this on a Mac?
And yes, I know how to open my documents folder, and how to drag something into it, but I'm not seeing in my Mac what you're seeing in your PC.
In reply to It would be so helpful if by susan.krysiak
Use the Mac Finder Window
(have a little patience, will come a better response)
In reply to It would be so helpful if by susan.krysiak
Okay, I can take you from here. In Documents, look for a folder called MuseScore2. Double-click that folder. Inside it, lok for a folder called Plugins. Double-click that folder. Now you're at ~/Documents/MuseScore2/Plugins, which is exactly where you need to be, so drag pedal_diagram.qml into this folder. Does this work?
In reply to Okay, I can take you from by Isaac Weiss
I can do all that, but where do I find pedal_diagram.qml to drag into the plugins folder?
In reply to I can do all that, but where by susan.krysiak
in the download folder? It is a .zip file
(see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins#installation)
In reply to in the download folder? It is by Shoichi
What he said. Find the ZIP file in your Downloads folder and double-click it to get inside.
In reply to What he said. Find the ZIP by Isaac Weiss
Sorry to be such a problem. Where do I originally find pedal_diagram.qml in order to download it? I found HarpFont.ttf on the internet and installed it into my downloads. That appears in my Downloads as a folder labeled "harp_pedal". I dragged it into my Document file. In the folder are 4 items: harp.js which has a lot of information I don't understand, harp.ui which is empty, harp font.ttf which shows half of a pedal diagram, and a box that says Read Me with the same vague instructions that appear in the manual. I have closed out MuseScore so I can use Finder (they cannot be used at the same time), and the folder is there, and it is in my Documents file, but it is not listed in MuseScore plugins so that I can activate it in Plugin Manager as instructed. Now how can I accomplish that? And how about just just the left half of the pedal diagram in view? Once it is activated and useable, will the whole pedal diagram be visible?
In reply to Sorry to be such a problem. by susan.krysiak
You've done almost everything right. However, based on the mention of "harp.js" instead of "pedal_diagram.qml," it seems you downloaded the outdated version of the plugin, https://musescore.org/en/project/harppedal, instead of the version for MuseScore 2, https://musescore.org/en/project/harppedal2. So delete what's currently in your Downloads, and get the version from https://musescore.org/en/project/harppedal2. Double-click the ZIP file the same way. Then you should have the two files you need: pedal_diagram.qml and Harpfont.ttf.
Navigate to ~/Documents/MuseScore2/Plugins like you did before. Drag pedal_diagram.qml into that folder.
Then go back to Harpfont.ttf and double-click that. It should open a small window with a button that says "Install font." Click that button.
If you've got this far, the last step is enabling it in MuseScore.
In reply to You've done almost everything by Isaac Weiss
Success! At last! I was able to correctly insert a pedal diagram into a score. Yes!
Now, is there a way to make it bigger? I assume I can apply the same method to any other text box? Also, I've been adding pedal changes in text boxes as A# and Bb, but there isn't a natural sign for text (not on standard keyboards), so I've been writing as Cn. Do you have any other suggestions other than buying a special keyboard?
Thanks so much for all your help!
In reply to Success! At last! I was able by susan.krysiak
Well, you're welcome. Glad we finally got there. ;-)
To make the text bigger, it's the same as usual—right-click the text, choose Text Properties, and increase the size there to change the whole text box at once—or alternatively just double click the text, select what you want to increase, and change the font size at the bottom of the window.
To add a natural sign, press [F2] while editing text and double-click the symbol in the window that pops up.
In reply to Well, you're welcome. Glad we by Isaac Weiss
Thanks again. I will play with all of these things this evening.