O Holy Night playback problem.
I have arranged O Holy Night for my choir and used the original Adam piano and voice score for notation. However, now that i have have finished and have to do the line tapes, the playback rhythm is too strict. Although the notes printed are dotted quaver semiquaver, it really needs to sound like triplet quaver semiquaver to match the arpeggios in the accompaniment. Using Swing is amusing but is not the effect I'm looking for! What I would need is to swing a dotted semiquaver. (Doing it in 12/8 would have sorted this, but it's too late now!)
Does anyone have any suggestions to relax the rhythm.
Is there a "find and replace" type option?
Thanks,
Cian.
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See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/copy-and-paste#paste-half-double-dura…
HTH
What you cannot find and replace is to change from standard notes to tuplets, those always have to be reentered one at a time or at least entered once then copied to other instances. That in conjunction with the re-pitch might make the process a little easier.
If you gave a before and after sample of what you have vs. want, I may have an idea that could make it easier but I would want to give very specific instructions.
Not easy to answer without seeing the score. But are you aware that you can adjust the swing settings via right click on swing->system text properties...?
In reply to Not easy to answer without… by kuwitt
I got my note rhythms wrong - sorry.
This is what I want to happen.
It took me 10 minutes to correct it for those two bars since any rhythm change deletes the text - It might be quicker to start the vocal line again in a new document :-(
In reply to I got my note rhythms wrong … by tlatech
Write straight (i.e. in 8th notes), apply swing text, setup swing text to get the desired ration
In reply to I got my note rhythms wrong … by tlatech
To change the rhythm and keep the lyrics, click the first lyric then shift+click the last lyric where you are going to edit the notes. Cut them (ctrl+x) so there will be none leftover. Change the rhythm, select the first note and past (ctrl+v). This works because the number notes remains the same.
I would probably change the rhythms by selecting a dotted 1/8th, press 5 to make it a 1/4 note, ctrl+3 to create a triplet, 5 to change the first note (which is still selected) to a 1/4 note then enter the second note by pressing right arrow, 4 then note name. The keyboard is a very efficient way to enter notes into MuseScore. I suspect you were using the mouse if this took you 10 minutes (even if you slightly exaggerated).
I don't suggest that you use swing if you want singers to read it. That's not natural for this type of music. If it's totally for playback, then swing would be fine.
In reply to To change the rhythm and… by mike320
I just made a fresh version for the line tape and just let the words get screwed up. As i said, nowadays we would do the triplet, but Whe I started out, I simply followed what was printed in the original score.
In reply to To change the rhythm and… by mike320
"I don't suggest that you use swing if you want singers to read it. That's not natural for this type of music. If it's totally for playback, then swing would be fine."
Excuse me, I'm not a professional, but here I would disagree in my personal experience. With the swing arrangements I wrote it was much easier for the musicians to read it with eighth notes with a swing indication instead of using other ways - like dotted notes or triplets...
In reply to "I don't suggest that you… by kuwitt
I think he means for music of this era, rather than as an overall rule.
This dotted versus triplet happens quite often - Verdi's Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves has a similar issue where the there is triplet versus dotted between the piano and chorus parts.
In reply to I think he means for music… by tlatech
Thanks for clarification. This is a topic I'm not familiar with.