Adding Two Grace Notes in Front of a Whole Note
Please refer to my attachment. I have a bar with the simple 4/4 signature. It has one whole note with two grace notes in front. I'm having trouble adding the two notes (B and C#) in front of the B whole note. I know the two notes are not really 1/8 notes. Can someone help me on this?
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/grace-notes
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
I tried the instructions but the steps aren't working for me. Is there a video for this?
In reply to I tried the instructions but… by langron
Just select the main nite, then clicking the grace notes in the palette, twice, then select them in the score and move to the right pitch
In reply to Just select the main nite,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. I'm getting closer but unable to delete the first note I created for the grace palette. See attachment.
In reply to Just select the main nite,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Got it. I just switched the order of the notes and selected a whole note for the last note of B. I'm not sure if I did this correctly, but it worked. Not sure what will happen if I try again in the future with a different range of notes.
In reply to Got it. I just switch the… by langron
It looks like you did it right. Select a main note and click the grace note in the palette. You can change durations and pitches of grace notes like you can any other note. Select it and press a new number for the grace notes duration or use standard arrow key combinations to move pitches up and down.
In reply to It looks like you did it… by mike320
Thanks Mike. I think what confuses me is that I'm not interpreting the grace note palette correctly as to what effect they have. When you say, "select the main note", are you referring to the note on the staff or on the horizontal bar?
In reply to Thanks Mike. I think what… by langron
Select the note on the staff that you want the grace note to precede or follow.
In reply to Select the note on the staff… by mike320
Thanks Mike. One more question. What determines if the grace note precedes or follows the note selected? I think I just got lucky somehow the first time.
In reply to Thanks Mike. One more… by langron
If you are looking at the palettes in the advanced workspace or master palette it's clear if a grace note goes before or after. The basic only has some of the before ones if I remember correctly.
In reply to If you are looking at the… by mike320
Thanks again Mike320. So looking at the attached Master Palette:
The first five examples create a grace note that is to the left of the selected note
The last three examples create a grace note that is to the right of the selected note
And there are choices in time durations of the grace note: 1/4, or 1/8, or 1/16, or 1/32
In reply to Thanks again Mike320. So… by langron
Same as the Grace notes palette of the Advanced workspace...
In reply to Same as the Grace notes… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks Jojo. I found the advanced workspace just now.
It also appears that the scoop I added in bar 2 for sax from D to D is really nothing more than a Slur with adjustments in curvature. I say this because I see the Slur in the pallet for Lines but not one for a Scoop. I chose the Slur and monkeyed with it to get the final shape.
In reply to It also appears that the… by langron
Did you look in the master pallet?
In reply to Did you look in the master… by SteveBlower
Got it, thanks. The symbols are a lot easier to handle than monkey hammering a slur.
In reply to Got it, thanks. The symbols… by langron
And you can add them to a pallet for ease of future use: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/palettes#master-symbol-to-palette
In reply to And you can add them to a… by SteveBlower
Thanks SteveBlower!
A shortcut, assuming I remember it and it's not something I customized in my sleep: select the whole note, then press "/" (forward slash). On a side note, I never understood the beaming and slash for grace notes...it's usually just fast and/or styled notes, given the context of the piece.
In reply to A shortcut, assuming I… by Quinn Ouyang
You can apply shortcuts to all of the grace notes. I've done so and don't remember any of the defaults.