Score Notation
I have a score that is extremely repetitive. In this section, the eighth note is usually tied to the following quarter note. There are a couple of exceptions, including this pictured piano part measure. Regarding the notation on the treble clef, what does it mean, and how do I notate it in MuseScore?
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It looks to me like a failed attempt to add ties. Is this the result of importing a pdf of the score? If so, I would assume the pdf converter got it wrong.
In reply to It looks to me like a… by SteveBlower
This is a photograph of the actual printed score.
In reply to This is a photograph of the… by nozarjeff
Can you provide more information about the source. Is it a reputable publisher?
In reply to Can you provide more… by SteveBlower
I don’t know how to answer your question. Here is a link to the score. I would like to start from the assumption that what I pictured is not a mistake, rather than is a mistake. Hopefully there is an experienced piano player here who has seen the notation which I am questioning.
https://www.fredbock.com/product/the-word-was-god-satb/
In reply to I don’t know how to answer… by nozarjeff
(Yeah, I'd call that a reputable publisher!)
Yeah, I think that's just ties with weird spacing because of the flag on the eighth note. No wait—it's that extra note on the other side of the stem. That's what it is! And the ties are programmed to line up with each other. There's your problem.
That's scored in Finale, btw. No surprise there's bad spacing.
In reply to I don’t know how to answer… by nozarjeff
This is what it should look like:
![Ties.png]( "Ties.png")
In reply to Can you provide more… by SteveBlower
The only reason I'd like to assume that it's accurate is because this is an extremely repetitive rhythm. There are 2 occurrences toward the end, and I was guessing the composer was shaking things up a bit.
Yeah, as a pianist (and experienced engraver), I'd say that's just ties that look weird because the editor didn't change the spacing. (caused by the choral part above maybe?)
In reply to Yeah, as a pianist (and… by BlueFalcon5433
It very well could be something the editor missed. It struck me as odd, because a similar shape is an accent.