Add beam to half note to connect to eigth notes
Hello everyone!
I'm currently trying to figure out how to connect a half note to a group of eigtht notes (see the image) and I'm unable to find a way to do so... Is this even possible?
If anybody could clear this up I would gladly appreciate it.
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See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
I'm not sure, but I'm guessing you want to show four eighths in the upp voice, the the half in the lower. So, just add the missing eighth in the upper voice. By default, MuseScore will show both noteheads, since they are of different types (the open head for the half, filled for the eighth). And that's because in most contexts, this would be correct. But there are some special cases - solo guitar music being one example - where it's OK to merge the two noteheads. You can do this by marking the eighth notehead invisible (press "V"), or by explicitly setting that notehead to "Half" in the Inspector.
In reply to I'm not sure, but I'm… by Marc Sabatella
Yes that's exactly what I wanted! This worked perfectly. Thanks :)
In reply to Yes that's exactly what I… by Akjo03
Hmm ... Surprising. Unless you try to reach a particular use case (?), this display can be done, of course, since MuseScore is flexible enough to get what you want.
But in a common use in the guitar repertoire:
- either you opt for the first solution (A and A' - image below) with shared noteheads (result in A'), and thus with 2 voices, and not only one.
- or the solution "B" (which expresses your image), still with 2 voices, the half note in voice 2, the eighth rest and eighth notes in voice 1.
Both displays are correct, the first one being surely more common.
In reply to Hmm ... Surprising. Unless… by cadiz1
Yup A' is actually what I think I want in this case. Btw it's a piano piece :) I don't know if this is applicable to a piano piece but I think it represents the way I want this score to look the most.
In reply to Yes that's exactly what I… by Akjo03
What you show in your screenshot is definitely not the way this should be notated, it's extremely unclear/confusing. Your original notation was better except for the rest you hid but that needs to be there (and that's what is shown above in B). Still, it isn't technically the same, since it seems like "logically" the top voice doesn't play the first note in B but does in A and A'.
So whether to choose A, A', or B depends more on the musical context. If this is a fugue or other contrapuntal work where the independence of the voices should be made clear, A is preferred for sure. But if it's just a basic arpeggiation pattern where you hold the bass note, either A' or B are fine. My sense is that guitar music more often chooses A', piano music is as likely to use B.
In reply to What you show in your… by Marc Sabatella
It's just a basic arpeggiation pattern, so I'm probably going to stick with my choice of using A'. I might go with B but I don't like the rest being up there but I'll see. This score doesn't have to be a notation masterpiece though, but I will not do it how I did it in that screenshot though :D
Thanks for the clarification and the knowledge!
In reply to It's just a basic… by Akjo03
You’re welcome! But to be clear, if you go with B, you absolutely need the rest. Otherwise the rhythm is unclear. Someone reading the score won’t understand what beat the first eighth comes in on, whether that’s a triplet, etc. It’s possible to eventually do the math and guess at the mistake that was made in the notation. But people aren’t supposed to have to do that. Rests in multi voice music are your friends :-)
In reply to You’re welcome! But to be… by Marc Sabatella
Makes sense to use rests in multiple voices and will show them from now on. Haven't played piano using sheet music for more than three years now and not writing sheet music often, so it's hard to know what someone would appreciate if they read mine.
Thanks again :)