staccato chords
How can I get the staccato dot placed above a series of chords? I have Windows XP and use MuseScore version 0.9.4. Thanks.
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How can I get the staccato dot placed above a series of chords? I have Windows XP and use MuseScore version 0.9.4. Thanks.
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The staccato is found in the articulations palette. See the handbook for instructions on using the palette
In reply to The staccato is found in the by David Bolton
thanks David, it works beautifully!
In a two-voice measure with the voices in thirds, the staccato (or accent) mark for the upper voice overlays the lower note head and the mark for the lower voice overlays the upper note head rendering them invisible. Is there a way to "flip" the position of such articulation marks?
In reply to staccato & accent marks not visible by jrlowell
You can click and drag the staccato (or accent) mark to a new location using the mouse.
In reply to You can click and drag the by David Bolton
tried that but when i try to select the marks, i get the note head. in any case it would be tedious to do this adjustment one at a time manually for dozens of notes.
In reply to difficult to select staccato marks by jrlowell
if notes to be marked are contiguous make a selection (easy using shift right arrow) then double click the mark in the palette
In reply to make a multiple selection by robert leleu
Thanks, Robert, but my issue is that the marks are not visible under the conditions I stated above. David suggested dragging the marks to a visible location, but it's difficult (impossible?) to select the mark if it is superimposed on a (different) note head.
In reply to need to select marks, not notes by jrlowell
This is similar to a feature request I made earlier here: http://www.musescore.org/en/node/3784 but it hasn't been answered by anyone yet. The only way I've found of doing this is to select the note head with a double-click, use the arrow keys to get it out of the way, then the dot can be selected and moved. Then just move the note head back into place. With practice, a score with a few hundred of these shouldn't take more than several hours to edit, no need for a shorter method (sarcasm)
In reply to communication? by MDMilford
Seconded!
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but this doesn't work for me. I wanna add staccatos to these chords (C/G, F). Not the notes under them. I tried both dragging the staccato symbol onto the chords, as well as just clicking the chords then the staccato dot.
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In reply to Sorry to dig up an old… by Jubinell
AFAIK you can't add an articulation to a chord symbol. You can (via the inspector)shorten playback to the length of the note it is set to. But even then staccatos don't count.
In reply to Sorry to dig up an old… by Jubinell
Indeed, staccato dots on chord symbols like C/G are not a thing - published music doesn't use that/ If the goal is to say, the chord is played on beat one followed by silence, the way one normally does this is by adding the special chord symbol "N.C." (for "no chord") on the next beat.
In reply to Indeed, staccato dots on… by Marc Sabatella
This solved it for me. Then I made N.C. invisible which was perfect!
Thanks.
In reply to This solved it for me. Then… by Jubinell
If you make the NC invisible, then people reading the score won’t understand you want the previous chord to be played short. The whole point of that notation is to help musicians understand and play what you want.
In reply to This solved it for me. Then… by Jubinell
Note that you can also use the "Duration" of the playback for the chord symbol be "chord/rest duration" which would make the chord playback duration as long as the note/chorde it is attached to.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/playback-chord-symbols-nashville-nu…
In reply to Sorry to dig up an old… by Jubinell
If you want to change the "rythm, the duration of a chord, you must note it, so you need to add notes with slashes under your chord-letter, with , if you want, a quater note or an eight note, with or without staccato . For your stave it needs another voice for that and use the "mini format