harmonics in classical guitar music
I don't seem to find any information on putting harmonics into a classical guitar score. In the scores I have seen where there are several notes in a row being played as harmonics, the writer puts the guitar strings that will have harmonics applied to them as their corresponding notes (i.e.: e b g d a e,) with a number under each note indicating what fret to touch in order to produce the desired harmonic, and then above the notes will be:
arm - - - - - |
An example is shown in my uploaded file.
Has anyone done this before?
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Comments
I never heard about the term "arm", sure that it shouldn't be notated with "harm"? But I'm only semi-familiar with this topic.
You can add it as staff text. For the playback of harmonics the best way is to notate it in another voice, deselect visible for it and deselect the playback for the notated notes inside the inspector.
By the way, there exist a suggestion in the issue tracker for a better implementation of harmonics, see: #81366: Add harmonic symbol for tablature: and harmonic notehead for staves.
In reply to I never heard about the term… by kuwitt
Thanks. It looks like the way I explained it, as shown in a book by Fredrick Noad, called The Romantic Guitar is an odd duck that doesn't seem to appear in any other notation. A guitarist and teacher, Douglas Neidt, shows many ways of writing harmonics, none of them like my example. The link is: https://douglasniedt.com/Tech_Tip_How_To_Read_Harmonic_Notation.html
Thanks again.
In reply to Thanks. It looks like the… by DouglasRThompson
So in this sense: IMHO also professional published sores are not free from spelling mistakes. In both, the examples of the issue tracker entry and also your link I only can find the term "harm." for a correct notation as text. But as mentioned I'm not a professional.
In reply to So in this sense: IMHO also… by kuwitt
"armon" is probably not a misspelling but rather the abbreviation for a non-English word like the Spanish word armonía
In reply to "armon" is probably not a… by mike320
I always like to learn new.
In reply to "armon" is probably not a… by mike320
Probably so. The rest of the piece has Spanish phrases in it like "larga pausa" over a fermata, Tempo di Valse, and Tempo giusto, to name a few.
Hmm, I commented but looks like my comment didn't save. I commented that I am not sure what you need help with. Do you want to know how to put numbers under noteheads? Or are you wondering how Musescore handles harmonics when you notate them?
In reply to Hmm, I commented but looks… by odelphi231
It would be nice to put numbers under the noteheads, but with the fingering pallet, you are confined to 1 - 5 and there doesn't appear to be any way to change them to 7 or 12 or 9, for example. The natural harmonics in this score that I am creating are 4, 5, 7, 9, and 12.
In reply to It would be nice to put… by DouglasRThompson
Add a fingering from the palette, select inside the inspector for placement "below", double click on that fingering, enter the correct fret number, use the spacebar or shift+spacebar in that edit-mode to navigate to other notes and enter the corresponding fret number.
In reply to It would be nice to put… by DouglasRThompson
I used Add > Text > Fingering and it lets me put any number I want.
In reply to I used Add > Text >… by odelphi231
Aha! That one works. Thanks.
In reply to Aha! That one works. Thanks. by DouglasRThompson
For the record, it also works to simply double-click a fingering text you add to the palette, then you can edit it like may other text. Either way, Space moves tot he next notes to enter another fingering, etc, although that's probably less relevant for harmonic than for regular fingerings.