Adding accents (slashes).
How do I add accents? Simple slashes the rhythm section plays. I created a percussion track but it's not working and I assume that I've got it wrong. I tried dragging a slash symbol over but to no avail. Would someone provide a clear, step-by-step instruction for this? A hand-written example as a jpg is attached. Many thanks.
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tools#fill-with-slashes and or the following Rhythmic Slash Notation tool on the same page
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by jeetee
Thanks, jeetee. This looks exactly like what I need to do. The image attached shows where I am now. Maybe I have to start over.
In reply to Thanks, jeetee. This looks… by rebbesoul
Just select those measure and run the Fill with Slashes tool, no need to restart your score.
In reply to Just select those measure… by jeetee
can't select now. It keeps moving the chart when I click. Happened before but now I can't get out of it.
In reply to can't select now. It keeps… by rebbesoul
If it keeps moving the score, then the mouse (driver) is telling MuseScore that you're not clicking, but dragging your mouse around.
In reply to If it keeps moving the score… by jeetee
Thank you for taking your time to help me here.
I started over and got this far (attached screenshot).
I would like to...
1. Put in accents in the intro
2. Add a coda, also with accents, like the intro
3. Make it look like a chart, with line breaks in sensible places like after the intro and before the coda.
In reply to Thank you for taking your… by rebbesoul
Sorry, but you've lost me..
Do you want to replace some of the notated music with the slashes? Or add a separate staff for it? Or add it on the same staff, but not replace anything?
Can you show an example of how the end result should look?
In general it is far easier when you attach an actual score (mscz file) rather than an image of it. I can't open your image in MuseScore and see what (or how) you've actually done something.
In reply to Sorry, but you've lost me… by jeetee
How do I attach that file?
In reply to How do I attach that file? by rebbesoul
Does this work? Can you see this score?
In reply to Does this work? Can you see… by rebbesoul
Assuming you can see this, the first thing I'd like to do is take the 2nd line and combine it with the 1st line so the 1st line is a 5-bar intro, including the pickup. Seems pretty simple but I can't figure out how to do that.
In reply to Assuming you can see this,… by rebbesoul
You wrote:
...the first thing I'd like to do is take the 2nd line and combine it with the 1st line so the 1st line is a 5-bar intro, including the pickup.
What??
OK...
Let's break it down.
I'd like to take the 2nd line --- the 2nd line consists of 7 bars.
and combine it with the 1st line --- the 1st line consists of 4 bars (including the pickup).
So...
How do you combine 7 bars + 4 bars (equals 11) to get a 5-bar intro?
Also, your second line begins with a start repeat barline. How does this repeat correlate with your "5-bar intro"?
In reply to You wrote: ...the first… by Jm6stringer
We must be looking at different files. The 2nd line is one bar. The first line is 4 bars. Combining them, makes a 5-bar intro.
In reply to We must be looking at… by rebbesoul
You wrote:
We must be looking at different files.
Yes, earlier you posted a different file -- New_Trane_blues.mscz 13.2 KB
In your newly posted score (17.5 KB), to take the 2nd line and combine it with the 1st line so the 1st line is a 5-bar intro, including the pickup.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/breaks-and-spacers#delete-breaks
Also, why use the section break for an intro.? It has a built-in 3 second pause.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/breaks-and-spacers#section-break
In reply to You wrote: We must be… by Jm6stringer
Excellent. Thank you. Works like a charm. Very simple too. In fact, I tried this but was clicking on the bar line instead of on the system break icon. Silly of me. That should have been quite obvious.
I do have one more question which may not be quite so simple but here goes... I would like to add accents (rhythm markings) on the intro and also on a coda which I have created. In the handbook, there is a perfect example of what I would like to do but I'm not sure how to actually do it. I would like to put rhythm accents right above the staff line but I think it entails a 3rd or 4th voice which I don't understand, at least for this chart. Maybe it involves a "staff type change." I attached the file, so far. In measure 2, I'd like to keep the melody note and just add some rhythm accents above the staff for the rhythm section to play.
In reply to Excellent. Thank you. … by rebbesoul
You wrote;
In the handbook, there is a perfect example of what I would like to do...
If you are referring to something like this:
![Rhythm_slash.png]( "Rhythm_slash.png")
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tools#toggle-rhythmic-slash-notation
Here's how:
In note entry mode, add notes to voice 3 in whatever rhythm you desire. Then toggle rhythmic slash notation.
Result:
New_Trane_Blues_4.mscz
In reply to You wrote; In the handbook,… by Jm6stringer
Also, see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
In reply to You wrote; In the handbook,… by Jm6stringer
Yes! This is what I would like to do. It's not working for some reason. I enter notes in voice 3 and toggle and end up with what you see in the bar 2. I also have gone to the selection filter to exclude voice 1 but as you can see, there are slashes where I don't want them and notes where there should be slashes. In the selection filter I checked voice 3 and when that did not work, I checked voice 1. Both yielded the same results. It's all in bar 2.
The app also crashes whenever I try to delete that "s" I'm on a Mac with OS 10.14.6.
In reply to Yes! This is what I would… by rebbesoul
Wrong file attached. No slashes appear anywhere.
To avoid confusion, please version each attachment instead of using the exact same name.
For example:
"New_Trane_1"
"New_Trane_2"
"New_Trane_3"
...etc.
In reply to Wrong file attached. No… by Jm6stringer
Here you go. See bar 2. The top above the staff (voice3) should be slashes and in the staff (voice 1), there should be a whole note with no slashes.
In reply to Here you go. See bar 2. … by rebbesoul
You wrote:
The top above the staff (voice3) should be slashes and in the staff (voice 1), there should be a whole note with no slashes.
So why even put the slashes in voice 2 if you don't want them with the whole note?
Have a look:
New_Trane_Blues 2_8b.mscz
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tools#toggle-rhythmic-slash-notation
In reply to You wrote: The top above the… by Jm6stringer
I did not put them in voice 2, at least not knowingly.
What I would like to have in the score is the melody (voice 1, I assume) and then some slashes above the staff for certain spots in the score for the rhythm section. Exactly how you or someone illustrated it to me. The handbook says: "Slash-notehead notes in voices one or two are fixed to the middle staff line; those in voices three or four are small ("accent" notation) and fixed above or below the staff and shows an illustration."
I just need specific, step-by-step instructions as to how to do this. I've had no luck with it.
In reply to I did not put them in voice… by rebbesoul
I'm referring to our exchange on October 8th. Please have a look.
In reply to I did not put them in voice… by rebbesoul
I'm referring to our exchange on October 8th. Please have a look.
In reply to I did not put them in voice… by rebbesoul
Put melody in voice 1. Use voice 3 for above staff slashes.
Have a look here:
Voice_3.mscz
In reply to If it keeps moving the score… by jeetee
Ok. So how do I change the mouse from moving the chart around? Also, you mentioned instead of screenshots, attaching the file. How do I do that?