second voice struggle

• Dec 22, 2024 - 18:37

I have being trying to input an old scroll I have into MS. Yet, am failing on this part (attached).

Does anyone have an idea how this can be added? When entering the second voice (1/4), under the first three 16-ths, it sticks directly under the second 1/16. Why?

A similar problem occurs, on the 5/32s. Here I unless I select 1/32 for the second voice, it doesn't overlap w the above 1/32 note. Why?

Or can those be a triplet and a quintet? Even so I tired, but here I can't enter a second voice at all, when pressing alt+2 after having selected for example the second 1/26 (in the first three 1/16s)

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Comments

DanielR

• Dec 22, 2024 - 20:13

Perhaps it can be done without using tuplets at all?
You can place a rest before and after the notes in Voice 1:

The steps are shown in the attached example score.

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traditions

• Dec 22, 2024 - 20:21

Thanks that looks better, but the first three are 1/16s and not 1/32s. as result I have a 1/8 rest which doesn't belong to the melody and time signature.

Another question I have, when looking at the paper scroll the second voice under high A and Bb (second and third of those three 1/16th ) is between them. Is this some sort of style or does this affect the playing?

bobjp

• Dec 22, 2024 - 23:14

This is the problem with old manuscript. They did what ever they wanted whether it adds up or not. Which this doesn't. You can make it look close, but it won't play.