Getting started with chord articulation
Per lasconic's suggestion, I thought I'd experiment with the V2 chord articulation facility (My apologies, Nicolas, for posting before to the wrong forum.) For the life of me, the only way I can create a new ornament is to use a text processor to edit a note in the mscx by adding a new set of events to the note definition, then opening the mscx in V2 and editing the ornament in the rudimentary editor provided. Surely, that's not the way I'm supposed to create a new ornament.
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After flailing away a bit at V2's chord articulation facility, I've come to these observations: The method to add an ornament is as follows, open the articulations & ornaments menu, then drag the ornament to the target notehead. This is supposed to generate not only the symbol of the ornament, but also (I believe) a default "events" section in the note's definition. However, for a new piece of music, a default events definition is created (at present) only for the prall and mordent symbols: two notes for the prall and three for the mordent. These notes can be edited with the rudimentary editor provided in the menu associated with a note edit menu.
To add an events definition to an ornament other than the prall or mordent or to change the number of tone changes for a prall or modent articulation, I believe you must (presently) manually edit the mscx file. Presumably this is because the coding for ornament articulations is not yet complete. A manually created events definition can then be edited with the chord articulation option in the note edit menu.
Perhaps a better name for "chord articulation" is "ornament articulation."
In reply to More on getting started by EdwardsRG
No need to manually edit the mscx file.
CTRL+ left click will add a node to the chord articulation window.
Have a look at the attached score (only loadable into 2.0) to see some of what is currently possible.
HTH
Michael
In reply to No need to manually edit the by ChurchOrganist
I may be more dumb than usual (as an excuse, I drove all the day and it is 1:51AM), but "CTRL+left click" on what?
M.
In reply to I may be more dumb than usual by Miwarre
A time/pitch position in the chord articulation window
Will be producing a video tutorial eventually - but not till 2.0 is on prerelease.
But may do something in the meantime if you think it's necessary - have been trialling some new screen casting software and am itching to try it out :)
In reply to A time/pitch position in the by ChurchOrganist
Thanks, I was dumb indeed!
The vertical axis is clear enough, but which is the unit of the horizontal axis? It always shows 12 divisions, regardless of the value of the selected note.
M.
In reply to Thanks, I was dumb by Miwarre
Yes that foxed me to begin with.
I think it's based on MuseScore's tick resolution, but am not entirely sure.
You just have to fiddle till you get it right!
In reply to More on getting started by EdwardsRG
Many thanks to those who helped me get started with ornament articulation. Here's a sample of what can be done with this new capability: http://ormusic.home.comcast.net/BAria.mp3. This tune uses the big sound font talked about in the soundfonts forum.
I know I've said it in a few topics (not a shameless plug!), but once this is implemented, you might not have to bother: #13811: Select playback method of Grace Notes, Arpeggio & Glissando and Articulations & Ornaments
In reply to I know I've said it in a few by chen lung
There are so many possible interpretations of ornamentation, dependent on period of composition, composer, nationality, how granny's lumbago is today etc etc that selection from a list is likely to take up more time than entering the desired result into the chord articulation window :)
Better to have just one customisable default for each instance, and maybe a way to lock in that customisation fro an entire piece, although in some cases that would not be enough - English 17th century keyboard music is littered with ornament signs which are played differently depending on the context.
In reply to There are so many possible by ChurchOrganist
As does French music around 1700. Not to mention all the ornaments which are not even written, but should be played nevertheless (now, this would be a challenge to automatize, wouldn't it?).
M.