Help requested with inputting figured bass
I'm trying to recreate a figured bass exercise which I made using a different software. The figured bass exercises need to look similar to the way they are presented in the ABRSM music theory exam papers, as that is what I'm teaching.
The image I made in my old software is a good representation of how things should look, but I'd like to achieve the same using Musescore.
Here's the original:
Using Musescore 2's figured bass feature I have managed to create this so far:
I'm having problems in a few areas.
1) I can't work out how to input a suspension. The original shows a 4-3 suspension, which needs a short line between the 4 and 3 on a single bass note. If I press the hyphen key it jumps to the next note on the stave. I can add a line manually, but then how do I get the "3" to appear?
2a) In some places, the continuation line needs to continue because there are notes in the soprano which are part of the same chord, but I'm unable to do this e.g. after the first pause mark, the bass has a single C, but the continuation line should include the G and A in the soprano.
2b) I've attempted to get around the continuation line problem by simply adding them as "lines". However, I can't place them with 100% accuracy and need to align them horizontally - is this possible?
Comments
I made an attempt.
You can adjust the line with Inspector.
I go to find a dash "high".
See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/lyrics-0
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One question: are the asterisks in the original the pedal symbol?
In reply to I made an attempt. You can by Shoichi
Thanks!
I'm curious - the figured bass in my attempt shows a light grey line, as mentioned in the manual. But yours doesn't - did you enter them in figured bass mode or lyric?
In the original I just used an asterisk, not a pedal symbol.
In reply to Thanks! I'm curious - the by vikktoria
Ciao vikktoria, I was looking for a workaround ;-)
The pedal symbol is inserted from the palette (customized).
I don't know if there's a better way, I'm sorry.
In reply to Ciao vikktoria, I was looking by Shoichi
Thanks for trying - much appreciated!
I think I can make it work now that I can the 4-3 in - that was the biggest struggle.
In reply to Ciao vikktoria, I was looking by Shoichi
Hi again Shoichi,
I combined your excellent tips with another work around:
Where the lines/figured bass didn't have an associated bass note, I just added them to the top stave instead and then pulled them down into alignment.
I think this works pretty well! I needed to adjust the default vertical position of both the lyrics and figured bass so that it fits.Thanks for your help!
In reply to Hi again Shoichi, I combined by vikktoria
Thanks for reporting. 'Excellent' is the program and the commitment of those who use it.
If problems occur you can rely on the community support (I have not found an 'hight' hyphen or a 'low' asterisk).
I wish you good work and ... buona musica!
In reply to Hi again Shoichi, I combined by vikktoria
Where the lines/figured bass didn't have an associated bass note
If I understand correctly, you don't need a workaround here. While entering the figured bass you can just move the cursor by any duration. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/figured-bass#duration
In reply to Where the lines/figured bass by [DELETED] 5
It doesn't work though - the line is not continued.
It works if you continue a line underneath 2 or more notes on the same stave.
But where there is one bass note quarter note and two 8th notes in another part, the line will not extend to reach the subsequent 8th notes.
In reply to It doesn't work though - the by vikktoria
-- It doesn't work though - the line is not continued.
-- It works if you continue a line underneath 2 or more notes on the same stave
I have exactly the same problem, is there any solution yet?
In reply to -- It doesn't work though - by frfancha
Can you be more specific? Like, post a score you are having problems with and precise steps to reproduce the problem.