Beaming notes
How to remove and add beams? I've read the manual, I've read some forum posts, but I am getting so frustrated, because all that double-clicking and dragging and stuff doens't seem to be working! I would like these 6 notes to have beams in pairs: first + second connected, third + fourth connected and fifth + sixth connected. Please help, thank you.
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It's better to post the actual score rather than just a picture of it. By default this should have already beamed properly according to standard rules of notation, which for 6.8 means two groups of three, not three groups of two. So it appears you have already done something to override the defaults, and without the score we can't say for sure what. But I can say, to put things back to the defaults, select the measure and double click "Auto" in the Beam Properties palette. Then, with everything back to normal, you can start thinking about how to change to the non-standard beaming you are asking for. To do that, you need to click the third note, double click "beam start", then click the fourth note, double click "beam middle", then click the fifth note and double click "beam start".
In reply to It's better to post the… by Marc Sabatella
The default was groups of three, but I dislike it for this score, so I managed to remove those groups, but was unable to create groups of two. I will test your suggestion.
In reply to The default was groups of… by augr
If you consistently want groups of two, you probably shouldn't be using 6/8 - 3/4 would be better suited. but for the record, you can force 6/8 to be beamed like 3/4 by right-clicking the time signature, Time Signature Properties, and set the defaults there.
To add to what Marc said, if you want this done in one measure it will be different than if you want it done in all or at least almost all of the score. There is more than one way to change this. As Marc said, attach your score with what you are trying to do.
In reply to To add to what Marc said, if… by mike320
I haven't yet written the whole piece. I started practising this just now. I want to be sure to be able to write everything I want and how I want it, before writing the rest of 4-5 pages.
In reply to I haven't yet written the… by augr
OK, that's using the defaults; that's not showing what you had before. So, just do exactly what I said after the part about how to reset to defaults. But again probably better to just use 3/4 if your intent is to feel the piece as three groups of two. That is indeed the whole difference between those two time signatures.
In reply to OK, that's using the… by Marc Sabatella
I changed the time signature and set them "auto", but it still makes them groups of three and even if I try to force them to be groups of two, the program refuses and only connects 3-4 and 5-6, but not 1-2. Sometimes even makes them 1-2-3-4 and 5-6, but never exactly as I would like them to be.
In reply to I changed the time signature… by augr
Here is the fixed score. All I did was right click the time signature and change the groupings on the beamed notes.
You must have changed the groupings in the 3/4 time signature. Applying the default 3/4 from both versions 2.1 an 2.2.1 gave the same results as my attached file.
In reply to Here is the fixed score. All… by mike320
Ah, now I understood they can be clicked in those settings. facepalm Thanks! Now I can continue my project.
In reply to Here is the fixed score. All… by mike320
@Mike...
Your fix, 'Arrival of the Birds_0.mscz" also shows an actual 6/8 time signature in Measure Properties. It has the 'Appearance' of 3/4, (especially since you changed the note groups)..
You should place a 'real' 3/4 time signature onto this score, too.
Regards.
In reply to @Mike… by Jm6stringer
That explains all of the problems. I didn't look at the actual time signature. I didn't suspect that he had changed the displayed time signature.
In reply to @Mike… by Jm6stringer
Interesting. Didn't realize there are separated time signatures for real and displayed.
In reply to I changed the time signature… by augr
Maybe you have defined a special 3/4 time sig.
Drag and drop the 3/4 to the first measure. from Palettes / Time Signature.
In reply to I changed the time signature… by augr
You didn't change the time signature - it's still 6/8. All you did was use Time Signature to make it look like 3/4. That's not how to change time signatures. Instead, you need to add it from the palette. Do that and all is well. Don't just leave it as 6/8 but fake it to pretend to be 3/4 - other things may go wrong as well.
Next newbie question: If I write a quarter note and afterwards want to change it to an eight, why doesn't it just get changed by selecting the note and then clicking the eight up there on the tool bar?
Also, I tried to search all settings for making only 4 bars appear in a row?
In reply to Next newbie question: If I… by augr
It does if you're not in note input mode. The keyboard has many advantages. If you are using the keyboard and you enter a quarter note and realize you wanted an eighth note you can press Q to make the the last entered note half as long. This does work for Note input with the mouse as well. W makes the note twice as long.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/keyboard-shortcuts for more keyboard tricks.
In reply to It does if you're not in… by mike320
Thank you!
In reply to Next newbie question: If I… by augr
As for why, it's because when you are in note input mode, the toolbar is how you control the next note, not the current one. So indeed, leave note input mode then use the duration, or use Q & W which operate on the current note.
As for ending a line earlier, there is no setting for that any more than a word processor has a setting to have only seven words per line. If you want a line to end earlier, simply add a line break (using the palette, or hitting Enter).
In reply to As for why, it's because… by Marc Sabatella
Awesome! Thanks! I am new to this, but excited to be able to create a clean and tidy software-made arrangement instead of just messing with paper and pencil.
How to make a note that continues in the background? (Picture) In real life the pedal is used and I would like the software to play it like that too.
In reply to How to make a note that… by augr
Here's the file. And yes, I changed the notes back to the groups of three, and also the time signature. :D
In reply to Here's the file. And yes, I… by augr
ALL OF THAT FOR NOTHING!?!?!?
Just kidding, you can do as you please with the info. If you learned something it's always worth it. Use voices. See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices
In reply to ALL OF THAT FOR NOTHING!?!?!… by mike320
Haha. I think it was still helpful - maybe needed in the future. :) At least I understand the app now better.
In reply to How to make a note that… by augr
See. the Handbook under "Voices", which is the musical term for this
In reply to See. the Handbook under … by Marc Sabatella
Thank you. Didn't know the term.