How to play left hand and right hand separately?
Hello community,
I am wondering if it is possible to play bass or trebble clef separately?
Was trying to find similar thread, but did not succeed. If I double it - I am sorry.
Thanks in advance for the reply.
Regards
Jakub
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Perhaps you could use two separate instruments
In reply to Perhaps you could use two… by Shoichi
Thanks a lot. It is pretty smart. But how about pieces with all notes ready? Is there any trick to split it into 2 instruments?
In reply to Thanks a lot. It is pretty… by splochi
Add the (2°) Left hand Staff, Copy&Paste;
Delete the (1°) Left hand Staff.
In reply to Add the (2°) Left hand Staff… by Shoichi
Yeah, I figured out. Thanks a lot for your patience ;)
In reply to Perhaps you could use two… by Shoichi
Well, please ignore my question. I am total beginner but I figured it out already. Anyway, thanks for an idea of a separate instrument.
In reply to Well, please ignore my… by splochi
;-)
In reply to ;-) by Shoichi
I have one more question - cannot figur it out so far.
Is it possible to show the keyboard and when playing the notes to see then exactly on the keyboard?
When I use keyboard is the view menu it show off, but when pleaying the piece nothing is shown on the keyboard. So wondering how to link the notes to the keyboard...
In reply to I have one more question -… by splochi
the piano keyboard does not work
Export as Xml and open with 3.6.2
In reply to Well, please ignore my… by splochi
Sorry to butt in but I have the same question and I don't understand how you solved the problem. Could you explain what you did? The example file doesn't show piano names but they appear in the mixer where they can be selectively muted. How is this done?
I can't find any way to attach piano names (piano 1, piano 2 etc) to existing two part (left and right hand) staves.
In reply to Sorry to butt in but I have… by brianejsmith
play bass or trebble clef separately?
I inserted two Pianos (image 1);
I opened Properties (F8), selected the left hand in the dialog box and deleted it by clicking on the trash can (figure 2);
I repeated the passage for the right hand in Piano 2;
From the palette I added the Bracket and adjusted it.
If you don't want Piano 1 and Piano 2 to appear click and Delete.
Using two Pianos and hiding the empty Staves you can get the attached PDF (generated with 2.3.2)
In reply to play bass or trebble clef… by Shoichi
I'm not composing. I have an existing piano score I want to play right and left hand separately (for practice). Seems such an obvious - and common - requirement, I was certain there had to be a way in MuseScore to do it. Bit of a surprise that there isn't.
In reply to I'm not composing. I have an… by brianejsmith
So, as mentioned above: add a second piano, copy and paste the left hand of the first one on the second piano. Then delete the left hand of the first piano and the right hand of the second piano.
In reply to So, as mentioned above: add… by Shoichi
Thanks for replying, it's good of you to take the trouble. I was hoping for a more elegant solution along the lines of the introduction of two new voices or instruments; namely Piano RH and Piano LH.
With these additions, existing scores could be played "as they are" without having to edit and save them in different formats. A simple to implement and a very pleasing, consonant solution?
In reply to Thanks for replying, it's… by brianejsmith
It could be an implementation but in the meantime you can save a file as a template and use that.
In reply to It could be an… by Shoichi
As I said, my interest is in existing scores, not composition.
In reply to I'm not composing. I have an… by brianejsmith
You wrote:
I have an existing piano score I want to play right and left hand separately (for practice).
Another approach is to select all the notes in a staff and untick "Play" in the Properties tab.
So, for example, select the first measure of the bass clef then hold down Ctrl + Shift + End to select the entire bass clef staff. Untick "Play" and you will hear only the treble staff play.
In reply to You wrote: I have an… by Jm6stringer
Thank you. This is absolutely perfect. MuseScore strikes again. It never lets me down.
(There are lots of requests on the Forum for this feature. It might be worth the MuseScore team considering including a specific note in the handbook about it. It's such a valuable piece of functionality for piano students.)
In reply to Thank you. This is… by brianejsmith
In MuseScore 3, the Mixer had a 'Mute Voice' section which allowed to mute an entire staff or to mute selected voices within a staff.
Unfortunately, it has now gone away.
In reply to In MuseScore 3, the Mixer… by Jm6stringer
I'm guessing it'll be back. It's so useful. In the meantime the solution you offered works perfectly. Many thanks again.
You could try using two physical keyboards/controllers, LH on the 1st, RH on the 2nd. Within MuseScore, assign the LH and RH as separate instruments, just delete the opposite hand from each
i.e. RH Instrument 1, LH instrument 2.
I don't know whether MuseScore supports multichannel MIDI input, but if it does, this method can often work well.