Adding Ties
I figured out how to add ties to my already-written piece, but when I do, my lyrics disappear. Can someone help me out? Much obliged.
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I figured out how to add ties to my already-written piece, but when I do, my lyrics disappear. Can someone help me out? Much obliged.
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Version of MuseScore you are using/Operating system you are running it on and, for good measure, attach the score if possible
In reply to Welcome CRE by Shoichi
Hi Shoichi.
I'm using Windows 7 and what I believe is the latest version of Musescore (1.3). The ties work well for notes tied across the barline as long as they're the same note. I can't tie notes within a measure to indicate that the word being sung spans two or three different pitches. The words disappear and the notes become identical.
If you get back to me and I don't get back to you right away, its because its almost 3:00 a.m. where I am. But I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks.
In reply to Hi Shoichi.I'm using Windows by CRE
Ties can only "tie" more time to the same note.
Would a slur ( s ) work for what you want?
In reply to Ties can only "tie" more time by xavierjazz
Yes, and thank you very much. Greatly appreciated.
Please don't post the same issue into multiple threads. For simplicity's sake, try to keep it to one.
In reply to Please don't post the same by schepers
And esp. don't post them in the issue tracker... and in totaly unrelated ones at that.
In reply to And esp. don't post them in by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry. If I used an "issue tracker," it was to be notified as to an answer. My mistake.
In reply to Please don't post the same by schepers
Sorry.
as suggested by Xavierjazz read here:
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/slur
and you should have solved.
If the problem persists we'll talk but first, get familiar with the software (see also "How To"). Have fun with Musescore
In reply to Ciao CRE by Shoichi
I'm pretty familiar with the software; I've been using it preriodically over the past few years. Thanks.
Welcome CRE :)
Are you aware of the function of a tie?
Basically a tie is a mechanism for lengthening a note over the barline.
This is why MuseScore is removing the lyric - because you are in effect lengthening the previous note, so the previous syllable is now sung on the tied note as well.
If lengthening the note in this way is not your intention, then maybe you are looking for a slur?
Having said that I have noticed that MuseScore is inclined to remove lyrics when you shorten notes too.
I usually operate the workflow of finalising note rhythms before I add lyrics.
HTH
Michael
In reply to Welcome CRE :) Are you aware by ChurchOrganist
Well yes, I'm familiar with the function of a tie. (I have a degree in music compostion from Berklee where we denoted any tied-together notes "ties." Slurs were for phrasing. I'm looking for a tie (or a slur if you prefer) to indicate that the vocalist will be singing two or more notes, rather than one, for a syllable.
I should have marked the ties/slurs before adding the lyrics, but couldn't figure it out. As long as we're discussing this, the truth is that I can't manage the slurs either! The rest of the program is fairly intuitive.
Thanks very much.
CRE
In reply to Well yes, I'm familiar with by CRE
A tie (or rather: notes connected with a tie) is always and by definition just one sound and hence sylable
See http://musescore.org/en/handbook/tie and http://musescore.org/en/handbook/slur
Are you looking for melisma? Just use the underscore ("_") to indicate that, see http://musescore.org/en/handbook/lyrics
In reply to Well yes, I'm familiar with by CRE
In that case you need to look at this page in the handbook.
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/lyrics
Ties are created by selecting the first note and hitting +
Slurs are created by CTRL+Selecting the notes at the start and the end of the melisma and hitting S
HTH
MIchael
In reply to In that case you need to look by ChurchOrganist
I was trying to use ties, which are only for over-the-barline sustains, instead of slurs. A slur, it turns out, is embarrassingly easy to insert: Click out of the note-insertion mode, select the notehead and hit "s." Inserting lyrics were never a problem. Thanks for responding.
In reply to I was trying to use a tie, by CRE
Actually, ties are used within a measure too - such as if you have an eighth note on the "and" of 2 that you want to tie to a half. The distinction between ties and slurs has nothin to do with over the barline or not. It is quite simple: slurs are used to make notes *smoother*, ties are used to make them *longer*. They really have nothing to do with each other aside from a similar shape,
So I am currently using Windows 7 and I am trying to add in a tie but I cannot hear the tie. I only see it in the music but it plays the note and it has really been frustrating me. Please help me with this bug
In reply to I have trouble with ties by georgeulerio
Are you sure that you are using ties and not slurs?
"s" adds slurs.
"+" adds ties.
In reply to I have trouble with ties by georgeulerio
Or, if using your mouse, ties are entered using the toolbar at the top of the screen, slurs using the Lines palette at left of the screen. I agree, my guess is that you are using slurs instead of ties.