Beginner assistance
Hi,
New to MuseScore. I have some sheet music that I would like to enter into MuseScore but no matter how I try, I can not seem to get MuseScore to look the same as the printed sheet music from the melody / voice notation.
I can't get the first rest to appear and I can't get the first measure to appear like the sheet music.
Help appreciated.
Comments
What's the problem? We're not sure what it's supposed to look like.
In reply to What's the problem? We're… by mike320
Mike, Thanks for replying. I would like it to look exactly like the image that I included in my comment.
I can get the 1/8 rest and the 1/8 G, but when I try to get the the remaining notes in the measure to look like what is on the image, I can't seem to get it to appear exactly.
Not sure if I'm overthinking this, but I'm trying to learn reading (along with notating) music.
Jim P.
In reply to Mike, Thanks for replying. … by jkpalmer52
I believe the problem is with the beaming. Seeing what you have done would be far more helpful that only seeing the desired results.
If the problem is the beaming as I suspect, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/beams for how to make the second G start a new beaming group.
In reply to I believe the problem is… by mike320
Mike,
You're correct.
Slowly figuring it out.
Not real familiar with terminology - so "beaming" is the keyword.
It's a real learning experience! Thanks for your guidance.
Jim P.
In reply to Mike, You're correct. Slowly… by jkpalmer52
The only reason I was able to guess this is because I know that a 4/4 time signature has the beaming set to 2 groups of 4 and if you showed the results I could guess the difference.
I do suggest that you download the PDF of the manual and read it once. It'll help you understand some of the capabilities and help you learn the terminology. It did wonders for me.
In reply to The only reason I was able… by mike320
Will do.
Thanks for your patience and advice.
In reply to Mike, You're correct. Slowly… by jkpalmer52
It may help your learning experience to flick through the handbook once from front to back to see what "things" there are in musical notation, what they are called and that MuseScore can deal with them. I wouldn't suggest you try to remember all the commands, just let the existence of some of them sink in so you can go and look for them in the manual when you need to use them.
At which step do you struggle? To enter a rest, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/note-input#enter-notes-rests. To hange the barline, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/barlines.
In reply to At which step do you… by kuwitt
Thanks for the information on entering the rest, this was what I needed.
Not wanting to change the barline. See my comment to mike320.
Thanks for replying.
Jim P.