Writing old music with new software
Is there a way to replicate bar 23 in MuseScore, some sort of cut and paste? It doesn't have to play right. It only has to look right.
My score plays correctly, but the visual doesn't match the original. My attempts at cut and paste and changing tempo have turned into visual nightmares.
There's a typo in the bass line. The G is written as a 16th note, but it only works as an 8th. I can write it as a 16th and hide a rest for publication. However, I'm totally perplexed about the rest of the bar....
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What part of it in particular are you having trouble with? The cross-staff beaming? See the Handbook under that topic - basically, select notes, Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down to move notes between staves. Or maybe you mean the angled hairpin? Check the "Allow diagonal" box in the Inspector and then double click and edit normally.
BTW, that passage sure looks to be in 6/8 - are you sure it's meant to be notated in 3/4? Might make sense to add a 6/8 just to get the beaming to work out right by default, then hide it is you really want it to appear in 3/4.
In reply to What part of it in particular by Marc Sabatella
I arrive late but...something like that?
(+/- as Marc says)
In reply to I arrive late but...something by Shoichi
That's it EXACTLY! Shoichi, how did you get it to take the 16th note G in the bass without adding a hidden 16th note rest? I didn't see any hidden items in your sample except for the 16th note rest in the treble clef at the end....
I've counted it out over and over again. What am I missing?
In reply to That's it EXACTLY! Shoichi, by judeeylander
Because I'm rough
I used Edit/Bar/Split bar before Selected (note or rest)
In reply to Because I'm rough I used by Shoichi
You are a very talented person. Way over my head. When I try to split the bar, it splits the tie in the treble clef. Oh Great Master Shoichi, what is your secret?
In reply to You are a very talented by judeeylander
My explanation requires your commitment (I don't speak English)
But it is best to follow the advice of an expert (Marc). I take advantage of the software's elasticity ;-)
In reply to My explanation requires your by Shoichi
Shoichi, I would have never known you didn't speak English if you hadn't said something. Perhaps you don't speak because you don't hear it being spoken? I use Google Translate when I get stuck in an unfamiliar language and want to hear it correctly. Really helpful. Especially in Latin! Yikes!
https://translate.google.com/
I'm sure you have lots of translation options available. I just wanted to encourage you to add speaking to your reading and writing skills, which are excellent by the way.
Now on to your clever tricks. WOW! A true master of options to consider the software fluid! My mindset is, "I'm stuck. I'm not following some rule somewhere. Maybe the software isn't programmed to do this." Very rigid on my part. Two Thumbs UP for discovering a useful workaround!
In reply to What part of it in particular by Marc Sabatella
You all are AWESOME! LOL! I read the section on cross-staff beaming. Excellent. And using the Inspector to allow angles is pretty nifty!
The notation says 3/4 but the whole piece looks like 6/8. Author's choice. I just copy what they wrote.
The beaming worked out fine. I added the hidden 16th rest to match the original with errors. Doesn't make a noticeable difference in the sound.
Thanks again, Marc. Thanks for your generous help.
In reply to You all are AWESOME! LOL! I by judeeylander
You're welcome! If the whole piece is this way rhythmically, you might set it to 6:8 but use Time Signature Properties to make it display as 3/4. Or leave it as 3/4 but use that same dialog to override then default beaming.
In reply to You're welcome! If the whole by Marc Sabatella
It didn't seem to affect the beaming. Or maybe it's because I've got my nose against the screen making sure every measure is exactly right before I move to the next one. I probably could have saved a lot of editing if I had set it to 6/8 instead of 3/4. Lesson for future use. ;)
In reply to It didn't seem to affect the by judeeylander
It affects the *default* beaming. Meaning, it would have been correct as soon as you entered the notes, no need to laboriously override every other beam to make 3/4 look like 6/8. So yes, something to consider for next time, but realistically, this is not a common case - normally if someone wants to write in 6/8 they simply do so.
In reply to It affects the *default* by Marc Sabatella
I seem to work in "not so normal" music. LOL! Thanks, Marc. ;)