Is it possible to copy and paste rhythms only in a score?
I have the correct notes for a score entered in, but want to try out different rhythms to see how they will sound in the lower voices. It seems like there should be a way to copy/paste only the rhythm over the correct notes.
I have all the notes written in the score, but only put them as whole notes until I could figure out the rhythms. I don't want to have to put it in all the many 1/8th notes and rests over and over.
Has anyone done this before?
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There is no way to do this, it goes much more smoothly if you wait until you have some idea of the rhythm before entering the notes.
In reply to There is no way to do this,… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for your reply. That’s unfortunate as I then have to type in the same pattern over and over again as the same strum would remain pretty much through out the song.
It seems to me that other people would want this functionality as well. But maybe I’m just too new at this to understand.
In reply to Thanks for your reply. That… by Lita Rubin Saltzman
No, you'd type it once then simply repeat it using the "R" command, or copy & paste. If you wanted the same rhythm but different pitches, you'd do this then use the "Repitch" mode to quickly re-enter the pitches.
When I have an idea of the notes with the rhythm in doubt, I add a staff for the instrument to enter the notes then use another staff to fix the rhythms. It works for me.
In reply to When I have an idea of the… by mike320
Thanks!!
In reply to When I have an idea of the… by mike320
I miss a point.
After a few trials, you eventually have the target rythm in one staff while the notes are still in the other staff. What is the next step? How do you merge notes and rythm?
In reply to I miss a point. After a few… by Flying Roger
mike320 can correct me if I'm wrong and he's still wrong, but I am pretty sure he's not describing anything there is an automatic command for. I think he just means this as a strategy, just how you might jot down rhythms and pitches separately to then look at while rewriting the line manually. Eg, by using repitch mode to fix the pitches of the version with the correct rhythm. Or just using the pitch staff as a guide while writing the rhythms in/
Personally I find pencil and paper a highly underrated tool for this. When transcribing complex passages, I will jot down the noteheads on the staff only, then go in and figure out where the barline go, then figure out where the beats are, then I can go from there to notation, all quite efficiently.
In reply to mike320 can correct me if I… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc for the explanation; I was just wondering whether Mike had found a way to merge this data.
Yes, pencil/paper is good but due to my limited jazz experience, I rather use MSC to quickly hear the result ;-).
I am curious to try plugin programming; I just found https://musescore.org/fr/handbook/developers-handbook/plugins-3x (I prefer to start with v3).
Update: looking into the existing plugins, I found "Expand Chord Symbols", which should in principle be able to do what I tried to achieve: convert chord symbols into notes + apply a rythm pattern. The first part works find, but nothing happens when I select "apply a rythm pattern", define a rythm, and click on "OK" if there is a rest in the pattern. Otherwise, it works fine and is very close to what I was looking for. I can easily convert notes to rests manually.
In reply to I miss a point. After a few… by Flying Roger
You could try my Respell Rhythms plugin
In reply to You could try my Respell… by elsewhere
Interesting indeed !
Thanks.