Manipulating the content of two staves such that corresponding beats are no longer aligned
I'm trying to replicate this look from a score:
In MuseScore it currently looks like this:
The key difference is that in the first image, the group of 8 notes in the upper saff are technically not aligned correctly with the notes in the lower staves. They are in the second image in MuseScore, however I much prefer the first option from a visual standpoint because then the notes in the lower staves all have the same spacing.
Is there a way to achieve the look from the first picture in MuseScore?
A minimal working example is attached.
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Comments
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/beams#local-relayout
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for the reply, but Local Relayout really didn't change much. What I would like to achieve is the vertical misalignment depicted by the red line in the following picture.
At the moment in MuseScore, this red line points straight down, causing the first group of notes in the lower staves to be stretched to the right.
I have also fixed and attached my example file which was previously corrupted.
In reply to Thank you for the reply, but… by oakley09
Well, that ain't ugly, but the way it should be, in order for the 6 16th in the lower staff to match the timings of that 8-let in the upper staff, resp. the start of 2nd and 3rd group of 16th in the lower staff to match the start of the dotted qusarter and dotted half in the upper one.
You could however play with the (single note!) chords' x-offsets
In reply to Well, that ain't ugly, but… by Jojo-Schmitz
Perfect, thank you very much.
In reply to Perfect, thank you very much. by oakley09
Just out of interest, what is the piece that has such confusing notation?
In reply to Just out of interest, what… by SteveBlower
It's from the score of "The Force Awakens" by John Williams.
In reply to It's from the score for "The… by oakley09
Just confirms my view: many composers are mad...
In reply to Just confirms my view: many… by Jojo-Schmitz
And how should a player understand what Mr Williams wanted? Where is the arpeggio supposed to end?
In reply to It's from the score for "The… by oakley09
It seems to me that the desired result may or may not be better or worse. The reality is that when parts are printed out (which is part of the point for having a score), the spaces do not exist. Different publisher will do different things. I think the original is more confusing. I depends on what else is going on on beat two.