Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
I am trying to notate a condensed version of the above from a fuller score to a piano version and would like to RH to start in 9/8 and the LH in 3/4 to save creating 60+ bars of triplets in the RH
For the chorale parts, I'll change the RH time signature to 3/4 then back to 9/8 again where necesary. LH will remain 3/4 throughout
Is there a way to get this?
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There are ways of simplifying the process, though. I'd probably start by creating a measure full of triplet rests, then copying & pasting that in increasingly larger chunks to fill the score.
You could of course also just notate the whole thing in 9/8. That's actually how many arrangements of this piece are notated. Really simplifies things for you, and I'd argue it's easier to read too.
The 2.0 release will include the ability to have different staves have different time signatures, including the ability to have a staff display the same time signature as the others but internally behave as if it is in another. It was introduced for pretty much exactly this scenario. So you'll be able to have the score say "3/4" on all staves but have the piano part notated as if it were 9/8, which is probably the most traditional way of notating this type of piece.
...and start from scratch.
See:
http://musescore.org/en/node/21985#comment-83405
(read the fifth comment from the bottom)
Also:
http://musescore.org/en/node/22087
My attached score was derived from the above forum discussions - it still needs some 'cleaning up', as it was generated from a pdf document. As you can see, it's in 9/8, scored for one piano.
Regards.
In reply to Perhaps you don't have to re-invent the wheel... by Jm6stringer
And if you need more choice
http://musescore.com/sheetmusic?text=Jesu%2C+Joy+of+Man%27s+Desiring
In reply to And if you need more by [DELETED] 5
Many thanks for all the comments... I did search for posts on Time Signature, didn't think to search for Jesu Joy.....
I think I'll wind up starting in 6/8 both then change to 3/4 for the chorale parts then back to 6/8 and see how that works. I'm entering from a MIDI k/b so should be a quick experiment.