Using MuseScore 4 to update sheet music for Sweet Adelines
I've been entering sheet music for my local Sweet Adelines chorus, and I'm still pretty new to MuseScore, but am running into a few problems that I can't find answers to on basic input style. For example, the current piece that I'm working on has a section with a dotted eighth note tied to a sixteenth, followed by the same pattern. When I try to enter it on MuseScore, it wants to tie all 4 notes together. I realize that for sound purposes, it doesn't really matter, but I'm trying to make the new sheet music in the same style as the old. And when I say old, I'm not kidding - some of these arrangements were handwritten, and are now very difficult to read, as they are often copies of copies of copies.
I'm sure I'll have more questions as I go along, mostly wondering if there's any one else out there who is using this program for a capella music. Most of the tutorials I've found, and the online handbook, seemed to be geared more to instrumental.
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Default beaming on a stave is controlled by the time signature properties. You probably want to set up a time signature with no joined beams for vocal parts.
Read this part of the handbook and come back if you still have problems https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/beams.
If possible attach the score (.mscz file) you are having problems with and explain in detail what result you are trying to achieve.
In reply to Default beaming on a stave… by SteveBlower
Thanks so much! Took me a minute - as I mentioned, I'm still new to the program, and too old and impatient to study the handbook! I've managed to find a lot of answers on Youtube, but sometimes I don't even know how to ask what I'm looking for.
I do think that MuseScore is more suited to instrumental scores than vocals, especially the four part harmony a capella stuff I'm trying to do, but it's better than nothing.
This was truly a big help, I really appreciate your taking the time here. I don't suppose there's any way in MuseScore to add a dotted line that we use in barbershop to show when the melody moves from the lead to another part for a short period of time? That's one of those things I don't know how to word properly to do an effective search. Worst case, I add it by hand before making copies.
Thanks again!
In reply to Thanks so much! Took me a… by baughmanjaime
Use a Note anchored line
In reply to Use a Note anchored line by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm not sure what that means, I'll have to look it up later, as it's probably something I should learn. But the answer given earlier about the beam properties under the time signature solved the immediate issue.
I appreciate your feedback, however. Thanks!