Edit Tablature 'note stems'
Hi,
I'd like to hide the stems that appear below tablature.
I tried 'select all similar elements' - delete - didn't work. I can make them smaller, one at a time by selecting them, tried doing that with 'select all elements' and it didn't work.
Looked through this and didn't find anything: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tablature
Any way to do this?
Thanks,
DS
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You must have missed https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tablature#from_staff_properties when you read the manual. You will have to follow the link and end up at https://musescore.org/en/handbook/staff-part-properties#tablature-staff… and read about how to change properties on tablature.
Also, the paragraph after tells you you can select the simple tablature from the instruments dialog (press i to open it) and it will not display stems.
In reply to You must have missed https:/… by mike320
Thanks Mike, much appreciated!
One more, while you're here:
I'm using a lyrics line to show chord names and in the flat keys I've been trying to copy/paste so I don't have to enter the 'special character' every time and it doesn't seem to want to do that. No problem with the letter, but the flat/sharp symbol doesn't show .... any clues?
Thanks!
DS
In reply to Thanks Mike, much… by Duke Sharp
Don't use lyrics, use chord symbols (ctrl+k) and use b for flat, and # (the number symbol) for sharp and the chord symbol algorithm will make the replacement automatically. If you want them under the staff. Select one and press X then open the inspector (F8) and press the S to the right of Placement, which should say below.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-symbols for entering chord symbols and https://musescore.org/en/handbook/playback-chord-symbols-nashville-numb… for info on playing back (or not) chord symbols.
In reply to Don't use lyrics, use chord… by mike320
I started off doing that.
I have 3 staffs - one vocal, one piano, one bass, and then I duplicate it and have a page that shows guitar tab where the piano was.
I have the NNS above the staff, and it's convenient for my layout to show chord names below, because it also happens to name the note the bass is playing.
When I was trying to mix the 1st one, I couldn't mute the piano, took me a while to figure out that the automatic chord thing was on. When I found the setting via preferences, I read that the default is 'off' but for some reason, it wasn't. I definitely never enabled that, but it was on.
I'm making these things for students, and I'd rather not have to explain how to get there through preferences>advanced>score/harmony/play - if their's isn't shut off. So I figured if I used the lyrics to show chords, would never be an issue.
Thanks,
DS
In reply to I started off doing that. I… by Duke Sharp
The default for chord symbol playback is on for new scores, off for scores created prior to when the feature was implemented. You can customize those defaults, however, in Edit / Preferences / Advanced, as documented in the Handbook in the referenced articles. You don't need your students to do any of that, though. Just set the chords how you want them, save the score, and your settings will be honored. That is, if you save a score and chord symbol playback is off, it stays off.
In reply to The default for chord symbol… by Marc Sabatella
ah!! "The settings will be honored! "
That question occurred to me last night while I was messing with it but slipped my mind - thank you!
DS
In reply to The default for chord symbol… by Marc Sabatella
Hey Marc,
Having trouble with the chord symbol playback again.
I have three staffs, voice, piano and bass.
When I enter the chord symbols connected to the bass, there doesn't seem to be a way to shut them off.
I didn't select NSS for the chords above the vocal line, just typed numbers and it doesn't recognize them (that's what I want).
Haven't tried entering them using the piano, doesn't work with the page layout I want, I like them naming the bass note.
There are two in MuseScore>Preferences>Advanced.
score/harmony/play/disableCompatibility - This one is clear says 'default is checked—no playback'
score/harmony/play/disableNew - I've tried it both ways.
In reply to Hey Marc, Having trouble… by Duke Sharp
See my reply in the other thread you started.
In reply to Thanks Mike, much… by Duke Sharp
It might not exist in the font you're using for Lyrics.
Any reason you're not using the Chord Symbols feature instead? https://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-symbols
In reply to It might not exist in the… by jeetee
Didn't know it existed - I'll take a look - thanks!
DS
While we're here, one more and that should do it for a while. :-)
Some of the tunes are 4/4 - some are 3/4 and I want them to hear the metronome clicking eighths as well as quarter notes.
No problem with 4/4, just call it 8/8 and it's fine.
When I select 6/8 for the waltzes it accents the 1st and 4th eighth notes - it's in time but usually kinda awkward.
Any way to make that go away?
DS
In reply to While we're here, one more… by Duke Sharp
The internal metronome is hard-coded depending on 2/3/4-beat and tempo to generate its ticks.
My advice would be to add a woodblock instrument to your score and write the "metronome" out on it: write a single measure, select it and press and hold R to replicate across the score. Then make the instrument invisible (Edit → Instruments).
In reply to The internal metronome is… by jeetee
Thank you jeetee!
In reply to Thank you jeetee! by Duke Sharp
The Note Symbols mode in the Tablature could use updates so that the 1st & 3rd Voices are above the Staff & the 2nd & 4th Voices are below it.