Copy Slur and bowing pattern
Very simple question - Is there a way to automate the copying of the yellow-highlighted bowing and slur pattern in measure 1 shown in the attached image to 71 subsequent measures?
Thanks
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Not quite simple to do it.
You can select all articulations of the first measure (Ctrl-select), copy and paste them into each following measure individually.
Another way: if all following bars have the same rhythm, then you can also provide the first measure with the necessary articulations, copy it several times (select the measure and press R repeatedly) and then bring the notes to the correct pitch in repitch mode.
The second way can be faster if you have not yet written the notes of these 71 measures. Because: You don't have to switch between the different note durations.
In reply to Not quite simple to do it… by HildeK
Rather than trying to copy/paste you could use select similar from the right click menu and select all on same beat and then apply the articulations to several notes at once. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/selecting-elements#select-similar
In reply to Rather than trying to copy… by SteveBlower
I recommended the control-select function because 'select similar' does not select the slurs.
Maybe it is different in MuS4.
And since you have selected the elements of one measure, you can only insert them into another measure - not into all remaining 71 measures at once ... At least in MuS 3.6.2.
So my second suggestion may be more efficient.
In reply to I recommended the control… by HildeK
Don't select the articulation, select the note.
In more detail:
1. Create a range
2. Right click in first note (on beat 1)
3. Select all similar, same beat. All notes starting in beat 1 of measures within the range are now selected
4. Click on bowing symbol in palette to apply bowing to all those selected beat 1 notes.
Repeat for each note/articulation
In reply to Don't select the… by SteveBlower
Thank you. now I understand what you meant.
Yes this works too, except for the slurs.
If the notes of the following measures are not yet written, I prefer my second method.
In reply to Don't select the… by SteveBlower
Thanks, Steve. This works for the bowing, but not as HildeK pointed out for the slurs. I tried clicking on the Slur symbol in the palette, but it merely raised the Up-bow symbol higher than necessary, without actually adding any slurs.
It's definitely a start nonetheless. In my case, I already have the remaining 71 measures written out., so I may have to bite the bullet and to the slurs manually, measure by measure, staff by staff.
In reply to Thanks, Steve. This works… by Rruffpaw
OUCH! I just noticed that it added upbow markings even to the brass and woodwind, which awfully screwed up the playback. I can of course copy the strings to another score, do the manipulation there and then copy it back.
I guess I left out the little nugget of information in that my example only showed the strings section of the entire score.
In reply to OUCH! I just noticed that it… by Rruffpaw
Make sure you only select the staves and measures you want to work on. The blue rectangle shows the range of the selection See here https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/selecting-elements#select-range
In reply to Make sure you only select… by SteveBlower
Got it. However when I made a vertical selection from First Violins down to the double basses on beat 1, and selected "Same Staff" (there is no "Same StavES" option) it only applied the bowing pattern to the double bass line. I guess I have to do this staff by staff - not really a problem - was just curious if I was missing a small detail.
In reply to Got it. However when I made… by Rruffpaw
Well don't use same staff (or stave. It's a US/UK usage thing). Just select the staffs/staves you want to apply things to and don't tick same staff/stave. Then what you apply will be applied to all staffs/staves within the selection rectangle.
In reply to Thanks, Steve. This works… by Rruffpaw
There is no slur symbol in the palette - even though it looks like one. See the tooltip when you hold the mouse pointer over this symbol.
In reply to There is no slur symbol in… by HildeK
Strange, because in MuS-4, the tooltip says "Slur". Of course it'sstill Beta, so ...
In reply to Strange, because in MuS-4,… by Rruffpaw
Ok, may be different in MuS 4, I am working still with 3.6.2.
In reply to Not quite simple to do it… by HildeK
Thanks, HildeK, but I did not see how I could copy the articulations. The Copy feature does not have any sub-options, even in MS4 which I'm using.
In my case, I have unfortunately written out the remaining 71 bars!
In reply to Thanks, HildeK, but I did… by Rruffpaw
No, the copy function does not have sub-options.
While holding down the Ctrl key, select the articulations one by one with the left mouse button.
Helpful: zoom in to hit the staccato dots. Press Ctrl-C to copy and select the target to paste (Ctrl-V).
Other way: use the selection filter and unselect there all voices. Now select the most left articulation, press shift and select the most right articulation of that measure.
Now: set the selection filter back to 'All', select the target measure and paste.
Unfortunately, you have to insert it in every single measure. To speed up: After inserting the articulation in, say, 10 measures, make the same selections for those 10 measures. The paste command will then do its job for the next ten ...
This does not work with slurs or ties. You must add them separately.
In reply to No, the copy function does… by HildeK
Ah thanks! I get it now. And yes, it does not add slurs. In any case, I've decided that I'm going to just do this for the first 4 measures and then write simile. I've noticed that the articulations hardly make a difference in terms of playback.
Cheers.
In reply to Ah thanks! I get it now. And… by Rruffpaw
If you intend to create sheet music, "simile" can be an option. If you want to create an audio file, you should write the articulations everywhere.
> I've noticed that the articulations hardly make a difference in terms of playback.
For some of them this is true.
But there is a clear difference in staccato, staccatissimo, in accent and in mercato and a few similar ones.
Some have adjustable parameters, like the fermata or the up bow.
I think it also depends a lot on the soundfont used. But my experience is based on the usage of MuS 3.6.2, there may be large differences to the MuS 4 sounds.