Drop 2 voicings - selecting second note in multiple chords
How do I select the second highest note in all chords in a staff? The "select" function doesn't seem to have the ability to select all second highest notes. I don't really want to have to do "Explode" then "Implode" every time.
Many thanks
Bob
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Then you don't.
Depending on your use case, the PruneStack plugin can ease your workflow.
[EDIT] or perhaps https://musescore.org/en/project/pivot-chords-0 is better for the job
In reply to Then you don't. Depending on… by jeetee
Thank you for your reply. I don't want to prune the notes, just select the second note in a long line of chords. I can then hopefully transpose them down an octave as is common in jazz arranging. I'm not sure if the pivot chord link was the one you meant to post.
You can cycle through the notes of a chord with Alt-up/down arrow. Watch the status line to see which one you're getting.
In reply to You can cycle through the… by [DELETED] 1831606
Thank you for that. I can do that with one chord, but say I have 100 chords on the staff? How can I choose the top note from all 100 chords easily?
I don't understand " I don't really want to have to do "Explode" then "Implode" every time." why "every time" ?? it seems to me that explode is the best tool for this and very fast
In reply to I don't understand " I don't… by Raymond Wicquart
I agree with you and don't know why the OP doesn't want to use the tool that would make this a very easy job:
I think the only other way for the OP to get what (s)he wants is to write their own plugin for doing chord inversions
In reply to I agree with you and don't… by jeetee
Thank you for your speedy reply. In Sibelius this is one click Select Filter > 2nd note. So I understand there is NO WAY to easily select the second, third or fourth note of multiple chords.
What the OP really wants is a plugin like the one Bob Zawalich wrote for Sibelius for doing jazz voicings! e.g. drop 2, drop 4, drop 2 & 4, double lead an octave up /down, and lots of other combinations that are frequently used in jazz arranging. Please don't think this is criticism of Musescore. I am really very impressed with it and indeed it does some things better than my Sibelius, that's why I'm learning Musescore!
I get the desire to easily create drop 2 voicings, and I do support thew idea of adding a way to select by position in chord (this has been proposed multiple times).
But, I'm not really understanding the aversion to explode, or the relevance of implode. The usual use case for drop two voicings in this way would be in writing for instrumental sections, so it's really just explode - no implode. Explode, then some sort of copy/paste operation to reorder the parts. If you're writing for piano, it's going to be tricky no matter what because the note could be on either staff. I guess writing for guitar you'd need to implode again?
Meanwhile, though, it does seem a dedicated drop 2 plugin would be useful and probably not hard to write for anyone who knows the framework.