Octaves
Hi,
when importing a midi file into a very large piano score, where the notes of all 88 keys of the piano are present (therefore also the extreme ones), many notes are written with a large number of ledger lines, effectively unreadable. I was wondering if in the program there is a way to have the score automatically rewritten so that it stays within a certain limit: all notes that exceed it (for example C6) should be automatically rewritten below by one or two octaves, with the sign of 8va alta.
Same thing for the extremely low notes.
It can be done? It would be a very useful feature.
Thanks,
m.
Comments
There is no such automatic feature, but you are free to apply ottava (or 15va or even 22va) lines to any part of your score.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/octave-lines for more information about them
In reply to There is no such automatic… by jeetee
Certainly it can be done by hand ... but if the notes beyond the limit are many and often isolated, in scores of this type the work is very long ...
bye,
m.
In reply to Certainly it can be done by… by [DELETED] 37297940
If notes are isolated then an isolated 8va won't always increase readability too.
I'm not sure how the plugin interface is up to the task of adding lines nowadays, but it sounds like such an automation could be the perfect task for one.
In reply to If notes are isolated then… by jeetee
I don't agree ... :D
Beyond the G6, without the sign of 8va or 15ma "alta" you can't read the notes ...
if they are isolated notes or groups of notes, it makes no difference ...
Look at this piano score of I.Xenakis:
![octaves.png]( "octaves.png")
bye,
m.
In reply to I don't agree ... :D Beyond… by [DELETED] 37297940
then, use "22ma alta"
In reply to then, use "22ma alta" by Ziya Mete Demircan
it is not needed...
bye,
m.
In reply to I don't agree ... :D Beyond… by [DELETED] 37297940
It's not really a playable piece.
Maybe it can be played Electronically, but for a pianist it would be like fighting.
Are you sure it wasn't written for two separate pianos or it's not an electronic piece of music?
In reply to It's not really a playable… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Sorry but I think you are off topic... :)
That page is taken from Herma, a piece for piano, and for the purposes of my initial question it has no interest in questioning whether it is not-playable music, beautiful, ugly, horrible, etc ...
However Herma (Xenakis 1961) is an extraordinarily difficult piece to play, but not for this reason not-playable... It has been played (among others by Yuji Takahashi and Claude Helffer) and is still being played.
Bye,
m.
In reply to Sorry but I think you are… by [DELETED] 37297940
It's not an off topic.
If you read the paragraph, you'll see that I'm trying to make sure of some things by offering some options.
Bye bye to you...
In reply to There is no such automatic… by jeetee
The trouble with ottava lines is that they aren’t pitch-preserving.
So whenever I apply an ottava line I must remember to also transpose into the contrary direction at the same time, and then fixup the courtesy accidentals. This… is suboptimal, politely said.