We have limited fretboard editing the Inspector's Fretboard Diagram area
No matter how much I increase the height of the Inspector panel:
• with a fret diagram set to 9 frets
it's impossible to set the "open" or "unused" string marks (the indictions above the nut)
• with a fret diagram set to 15 frets I have the same problem,
plus I can only add fingering marks to fret 13
Is there a good trick to get around these limitations?
• Presently my workaround for the first case is to lower the Fret value, set the open string marks, and then set the Fret back to the desired amount. This works, but it's pretty inconvenient. Note that the Inspector area is tall enough, but when fret is set to a hight number the Fretboard object is too short and is clipped by its container.
• I don't have a workaround for the second situation.
Comments
Chords normally don't span more than 4 - 5 frets. You can use 'Fret number' if your chord shape is being 'grabbed' higher up the neck.
I forgot to attach scores:
Limited editable frets in Inspector.mscz
6ths in Open G tuning .mscz
In reply to I forgot to attach scores: … by scorster
For example: 2Limited editable frets in Inspector.mscz
And: 6ths in Open G tuning 1.mscz
In reply to For example: [inline… by cadiz1
Hey guys,
Thanks for the Fret Number suggestion. I failed to mention that I was aware of that option.
a) I find that many students do better with a "full neck" graphical representation. When finger positioning travel well up the neck that type of linear presentation works better for them than tablature. Likewise they struggle with small diagrams accompanied by the "Fret Number" symbol, like the examples that Cadiz1 generously offered.
b) MuseScore allows the fret range needed for this score (Frets = 15) ... but the Fret Diagram editor simply doesn't support that, as described in the opening post.
c) I'd really hope we'd a fixed editor rather than limiting Frets <= 12, or some such restriction.
d) Turns out MuseScore currently allows a Frets value up to 99. And yes, that's a little excessive.
e) MuseScore should allow Frets 26 frets with a functional editor.
f) I found a workaround for setting the high finger indications. Just temporarily increase the Frets value. Given that we currently need to increase the Frets value as a workaround, the upper limit should not be reduced to less than 30, until the editor is fixed. They 26 would be ideal.
Here's the result after using my workarounds:
6ths in Open G tuning.mscz
scorster
In reply to Hey guys, Thanks for the… by scorster
" I find that many students do better with a "full neck" graphical representation. "
?? Really? Well, we don't have the same students! :)
For my part, I find this representation completely incomprehensible, and more of a guessing game and a source of errors, a minima. Incidentally, I don't think I've ever seen this kind of display in published scores. But if the workaround works for you and your students, well, what else can I say?
NB: By the way, I don't really understand what is the point of adding these fretboard diagrams since the tablature is perfectly explicit in this respect. That must be me :)
And everyone sees noon at his door :)
In reply to " I find that many students… by cadiz1
Fretboard daigrams can be helpful even with TAB scores since tab is digital whilst the diagrams are analogue and can be a useful visual aid to the chord shape.
For me, 5 frets on a diagram is plenty. A full neck would certainly be a guessing game – unless some fretboard dots were included for reference but they might look like fretted strings.
I find that many students do better with a "full neck" graphical representation. When finger positioning travel well up the neck that type of linear presentation works better for them than tablature.
Without using tablature:
![Identify_which_fret.png]( "Identify_which_fret.png")
Rather than using "full neck" (to always show the nut?), I would use something like this:
![6ths.png]( "6ths.png")
One can notice the emergent pattern across those fretboard diagrams.
Mostly, though, 4 or 5 frets max on a diagram is usually enough, and easier to read without having to "count" frets.
I reserve full neck graphical representation for things like scale patterns, which use fingering dots all the way up the neck.
In reply to I find that many students do… by Jm6stringer
If you want to show students the scales they need on the fretboard you need the diagrams( I was to lazy to make the whole scale).
how to show this in tablature?
In reply to If you want to show students… by wolfgan
...how to show this in tablature?
The fretboard diagram in this case is a representation of where all the scale degrees lie on the neck.
(For example, sometimes the dot for the tonic is marked differently to contrast with the others.)
Certainly those 25 finger dots you entered are not to be played as one "chord", but rather as a scale (series of notes one at a timer).
So, enter the series of notes into the TAB in the same order that you want them played.
In reply to ...how to show this in… by Jm6stringer
it is meant as a scale.
I use the chord diagram feature for this or do you think we need a scale diagram feature for this?