How would I transcribe this drums and percussion excerpt?
Managed some notes, but others don't appear in the palette, and I'm unsure how to obtain them.
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You need to define the drumsets first.
Might help you to watch my video tutorials on editing the Drum Palette.
http://www.organspider.me.uk/MuseScoreTut.html
Thank you both for your help.
I decided to give up - it proved to be too difficult (at the moment anyway). I'm hoping there might be some changes to the UI of the drumset, as well.
In reply to Thank you both for your by chen lung
I find that once you get the drum set configured how you want it, entering the parts is extremely easy. And you can make that edited drum set part of your standard templates, load it into other scores in just a couple of clicks, etc. So the hour or two you spend customizing your drum set is among the more valuable things you can ever do with MuseScore, assuming you need to enter drum parts on even a semi-regular basis.
In reply to I find that once you get the by Marc Sabatella
The problem I have is, I'm transcribing a published score and there was no guide included (only an partial one in other albums by the same band and publisher) - I can't get the right sounds, and it's not helped when I question the accuracy of the transcription.
I also tend to find myself correcting the value of the drum note when applied (not smooth enough for me) - maybe that's something else. Might investigate this shortly.
In reply to The problem I have is, I'm by chen lung
If there is no guide, how do you know what the "right" sounds are?
Personally, I'd just make some basic assumptions about what is probably meant and concentrate on getting the notation, not worrying so much about the sounds.
In reply to If there is no guide, how do by Marc Sabatella
It's a transcription of a track, so I'm familiar with some aspects of it and when it does sound right.
The reason I was doing it, was so it could serve as a test case. Perhaps though, I can try with another score, in which the guide is more applicable and helpful.
Put all notes on one 5 line stuff. But for what drum elements if you don't know the key (legend) for those notes. If you take a closer look to those notes then you will find that you have to play 3 elements with two hands (so it can be that way). Second stuff is probably doule-bass system. If so then first bass is on space above fifth line (steady notes), put those notes on first space on your stuff (respect standard drum notation, snare on third space, bass drum one on first space, bass drum two on first line, closed hi-hat on first space above stuff, all bass, snare, tom-toms have normal note head, all cymbasl have X shape head). Count stuff lines and spaces from down to up. First bass midi note number 36, second bass midi note number 35.
Percussion stuff: snare and tom-tom, cymbals: closed hi-hat, ryde and crash (only guessing)
first space below stuff is snare (midi note number 38)
first line tom-tom (hi tom (50), low tom (48)), choose one, put above snare
second line cymbal, crash (midi note number 49)
third line cymbal, ride (51)
fourth line cymbal, closed hi-hat (42) .
Make midi file and listen to sound. Make scores and try to play.
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This got nothing with MuseScore, you have to know meaning of notes on stuff