Vertical alignment of String Numbers
How would I go about vertically aligning string numbers? I set the string numbers above the relevant note but while the notes move above and below the score, the string numbers look better when aligned consistently. How would I achieve this? I've looked at the Inspector Edit palette but that doesn't appear to be able to do what I want. Any help much appreciated.
Also, what do people prefer? String numbers above or below the stave?
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Comments
There is no fully automatic facility for aligning string numbers. But you could simply enter them as staff text, and give them a circular frame via the Inspector. Then you could also use the Inspector to give them the same vertical offset.
In reply to There is no fully automatic… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc not sure I fully understand your solution but I'll have another go and see how I get on.
I suppose what musescore needs is a grid function?
Best wishes
Brian
In reply to Thanks Marc not sure I fully… by brianejsmith
No need to resort to anything as clumsy as manually eyeballing things to line up with a grid when a simple vertical offset in the Inspector gets everything perfectly aligned in one shot. If you continue to have trouble, just say which specific part of the solution you are having issues with.
In reply to No need to resort to… by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc
I've had a go and I can successfully move the string numbers up and down vertically (by selecting them all and then using the Inspector to set the x and y axis distance) but only with the noteheads as the reference points.
So while I can get the string numbers to keep a regulated vertical distance between the note heads I can't, so far, manage to get them aligned horizontally at an equal distance from the top of the stave. I'm obviously doing something wrong but I don't see what it is.
In reply to Hi Marc I've had a go and I… by brianejsmith
Yes, the behavior is as described when the fingering is used with the 'String Number' style.
Marc suggested to use 'Staff Text' instead. Select a note, press Ctrl-T and enter the number.
Finally select all similar, give a new offset and choose 'Circle' as the frame, then it looks the same.
The staff text has the y reference to the staves, so you can select them all together and choose the desired common y offset and then everything is horizontally aligned.
As I done, marked by red numbers.
In reply to Yes, the behavior is as… by HildeK
Hi Hilde
Thanks for helping. I've achieved the first bit but going to Styles, Text Styles, Frame and setting shape to Circle doesn't have any effect and selecting or not selecting the numbers as a group or singly makes no difference.
In reply to Hi Hilde Thanks for helping… by brianejsmith
Hi Hilde
Found it! Sorry for being so thick.
One last question can I delete the bottom two lines of the stave to more accurately represent a ukulele (baritone in this case but any four stringed guitar family instrument I suppose).
In reply to Hi Hilde Found it! Sorry for… by brianejsmith
> One last question ...
I'm not familiar with string instruments and their notation.
If you like to have less lines in the staff, go to staff properties and reduce the line count (left above) from 5 to 3.
But I'm not sure if this is your intention.
By the way, I am HildeK (male) and not Hilde (female). Just a nickname ...
Doesn't matter :-).
In reply to Hi Hilde Thanks for helping… by brianejsmith
Right click on one of these written staff text numbers.
Choose 'select / select all similar elements'
Go to the inspector and change the 'Frame' field from 'None' to 'Circle'.
That's all ...
In reply to Right click on one of these… by HildeK
Hi Hilde
You've been very kind, thank you.
I solved the baritone ukulele tab problem by selecting Classical Guitar Tab and selecting 4 string common.
Thanks again for all your help.
In reply to Hi Hilde You've been very… by brianejsmith
But there is a bariton ukulele!
Press 'i', instead of 'Common' choose 'All Instruments'. There you can find a bariton ukulele and you may choose as staff type 'Tab. ukulele'.
In reply to But there is a bariton… by HildeK
Hi
Sorry about the name thing. I thought the K was the initial of your last name. :)
I used the method I outlined because the Ukulele tab didn't give the correct tuning so the fretting on the tab was wrong.
There is a problem though. Guitar (and baritone) music is written an octave higher (so that most notes aren't on ledger lines). So in the 3rd bar I show how the range would normally be notated with the 8va sign indicating the notes should be played an octave lower.
However converting that bar to tab notation ignores the 8va and frets the notes starting on the 2nd (B) string at the 3rd fret even though, strangely, it gets the string numbers right.
Any thoughts?
In reply to Hi Sorry about the name… by brianejsmith
Thanks again. It achieves the same result with the same TAB problem where the 8va is ignored in so far as the fretting is shown. It still starts on the B string rather than the E string.
In reply to Thanks again. It achieves… by brianejsmith
Instead of using the 8va line, go to the clef palette and select the treble clef with the little 8 under it. You can set up the linked stave like this in the new score dialogue; choosing Baritone Ukelele from All instruments does this automatically. See my attachment.
@brianejsmith...
Instead of choosing the 6 string guitar and then using the 4 strings which will "fake" a baritone uke, do as Brer Fox suggests and use the correct instrument to begin with.
Here is your file adapted with a "real" baritone uke, together with a linked staff:
Baritone Uke Note Range_4.mscz
Also see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tablature#multiple-staves