How can I select just the top melody line from a progression of chords?
Hi,
I've been assigned an orchestration exercise whereby I need to orchestrate a piano piece by composer Amy Beach.
My question is: is there a way to select just the top melody line? [so that I can then assign that line to my choice(s) of orchestral instrument(s)]. I realize I could just 'Cntrl-click' my way through the entire melody, and then copy/paste, but I was wondering if there's a better way.
As seen in the attached file, I can't use the 'Selection Filter' to accomplish this because of the number of voices that were merged together in the original XML file.
Any thoughts?
~ Thx, Kevin J.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Orchestration Exercise No.4 - piano.mscz | 37.41 KB |
Comments
It is possible with a plugin called "Select chord levels" or "Chord level selector".
In reply to It is possible with a plugin… by Pentatonus
Thx for the info! That info led me to another plugin called 'PruneStack' which appears to also do the job. When I checked on compatibility of PruneStack with MS4 it only shows compatibility through ver 3, as shown in this link: https://musescore.org/en/project/prunestack
However, the person that developed it is using it in MS4, as shown in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT0tkZdg6es
I'll check into both plugins -- thx again!
~ Kevin J.
In reply to Thx for the info! That info… by jade22221
Also, try Explode. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/implode-and-explode