Harp notation
I have been trying to figure out how to add notation for a lever change on a harp. Most of the time this is a diamond notehead placed where the lever change should take place and the key that is being changed. The note that is placed is not being played. I have not been able to figure out how to do this. Any advise would be appreciated. Example below.
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I'm not a harpist, but...
I did this by entering a dotted half at pitch. I changed the notehead to the hollow diamond. Then, I hid the dot and the stem, and muted the playback. I would imagine that you could copy and paste this, editing as needed, so you wouldn't have to repeat the process.
The first pic shows what it looked like in MSS, and the second as it would print to a PDF
In reply to I did this by entering a… by mikey12045
So you are adding a whole other measure in just for the lever change notation?
In reply to So you are adding a whole… by SuzannahS
No, I’m not showing the notes in your treble clef in my example. Just the bass line.
Are you aware that there is a Harp palette. It is not displayed by default; you have to show it by selecting from the Add palettes dropdown. It includes graphical and textual pedal notation, but not the notation that you describe.
In reply to Are you aware that there is… by SteveBlower
I am aware of the harp palette but it appears to only have notation for pedal harps not lever harps. Unless I am not understanding it correctly.
In reply to I am aware of the harp… by SuzannahS
Oops, yes. I (mis-) read too quickly. My extremely limited experience of harp notation is only for pedal harp.