Separating a starting note and an ending triplet with a rest
First - thanks to all who helped me in my previous question!
I am trying to transpose God Of Our Fathers for B flat trumpet. It begins with a Fanfare - a half note - a quarter rest - ending with a triplet. The half note is easy. I am then left with a half rest; then, when I create the triplet the quarter rest ends the measure. I need the quarter rest to separate the opening half note and the triplet. Thanks fo any help someone can offer.
Dave
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It isn't totally clear what you are trying to do, but the standard advice is good - have you read the handbook section on note entry and on Tuplets, and just as importantly, have you watched the tutorial videos? Taken together, they do explain most things very well.
If I am understanding you correctly, you want half toe, quarter rest, three eighth note triplets. In which case, you simply need to enter the quarter rest before entering the triplet - you didn't mention doing that.
You need to enter the half note and then actually enter a quarter rest before putting the triplet on the last beat of the measure. Something like...
6 C 5 0 (5) [Ctrl]-3 C C C
Meaning...
"Prepare for entry of a half note or rest
Make it a C
Prepare for entry of a quarter note or rest
Make it a rest
(Prepare for entry of a quarter note or rest)
Make three notes in the space of the one you have just prepared for
Make them all C's."
You can omit the 5 in brackets as MuseScore remembers the length of the last note or rest entered.
In reply to Rests have feelings, too. by underquark
That's an excellent explanation, underquark. Spelling it out as you have done, and explaining what each keystroke does, makes it very clear. I particularly like your description of how to enter a tuplet. Maybe this type of explanation could be included as an example in the handbook?
In reply to That's an excellent by Jon Foote
It's in the handbook here Note entry and Tuplet
In reply to It's in the handbook here by [DELETED] 5
Indeed it is, but what I admired was the clarity of underquark's explanation, which managed to spell out precisely and concisely what each keystroke achieves. I have just tried (and failed!) to combine it with the handbook's tuplet section (which I have left unaltered for now). I may have another go tomorrow.
In reply to Indeed it is, but what I by Jon Foote
Just added a link to my in depth tutorial video on that subject to that page :)