Score with repeating SATB and multiple verses
I have a score that I am attempting to recreate in Musescore. In the original score there is a piano and SATB part that repeats several times, but there is a Cantor verse that changes each time the chorus repeats. Is there a compact and efficient way to create this in Musescore?
Attached is the original score for reference.
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| DOC038.PDF | 1.53 MB |
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Not really. The biggest problem is the 3 times the cantor sings they are very different.
This can be done with some invisible trickery:
The basic idea is to copy/replicate the ostinato onto a duplicate set of elements, allowing you to hide them and change the sound/volume on them.
(Open Edit→Instruments to make them visible again for inspection)
The next trick for playback is to work with jumps across sections using unique labels (those are marked invisible on the score, which is why they're shown light grey in the score and invisible when exporting.
The final trick there is the final measure split into a rest to allow a clean score ending, used to work around a bug with correct "Fine" detection across sections.
In reply to This can be done with some… by jeetee
Thank you very much for this score, it is very helpful and instructive. But, I may not have been as clear as I could have been. My understanding of the score is this: The verses are sung over the top of the chorale part. And, since verses one and two are twice the length of the chorale part, the choral must sing twice through for verses one and two and one final time for verse three. Resulting in the choral singing the ostinato five total times.
Is this possible without having to duplicate the ostinato choral part for each verse?
Thank you again for your responses.
In reply to Thank you very much for this… by AntoninusPius
> "The verses are sung over the top of the chorale part."
This is exactly what is happening now if you listen to it.
> "Is this possible without having to duplicate the ostinato choral part for each verse?"
No, which is why I've copy-pasted it into the invisible instruments.
In music notation there is the concept of a system, meaning that everything that is to be played/sung at the same time must also be notated vertically at the same time (within a system). It's just how standard music notation works.
Then there are those scores like your example, that deviate from that standard. They are still fairly clear to the human performer on the order of execution, but even here, the explanatory text is required to ensure it is performed correctly.
Computers however don't do well on the topic of reading and understanding custom text instructions. They are more rigorous in what they understand.