Adding new notes without deleting existing ones
I've searched the forum quickly but didn't see an obvious answer to this. I'm trying to add new notes (parallel thirds) to an existing part, and haven't found a way to do it that isn't super awkward. See the attachment - I'd like to add the red notes, but musescore seems intent on replacing rather than adding.
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Adding notes to existing chords is possible (and easy), add Shift to their name, if entering them via computer keyboard.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input#chords
In reply to Adding notes to existing… by Jojo-Schmitz
This is awkward, since it didn't want to enter them in the same octave, so I had to transpose each note an octave after entering. between this and moving the cursor, it was pretty tedious. Is there any way to do this with MIDI keyboard or mouse? I usually use the MIDI keyboard for entry, because of the octaves and because it helps me with keyboard skills (I'm a string player).
In reply to This is awkward, since it… by jandymanvoelk
You can add parallel thirds by selecting a range and using [Add]>[Notes]>Third below.
In reply to You can add parallel thirds… by SteveBlower
Thanks!
In reply to This is awkward, since it… by jandymanvoelk
To enter several notes in parallel you need to use voices.
=> not be confused with SATB
=> highly recommended to take 5 minutes to read the manual page on voices you will win tons of time later on
Now, in the very specific case where your "parallel" notes have all same duration on the same beat as the existing notes, MuseScore also allows to enter several notes grouped in the same voice.
It only works for notes on same "tick" with same duration.
They are entered bottom up using shift+note letter without any option to change that with is a pity as indeed pretty often you have a melody and you add a third or a sixth or a sustained note (G in C major) below the existing note, and not above.
So yes having a E and doing shift+C will enter the C above and you must follow that by ctrl-down to lower the C from 1 octave
In reply to To enter several notes in… by frfancha
I will check out the voices thing.
In reply to This is awkward, since it… by jandymanvoelk
You can add notes with the mouse, sure - just click where you want them.
In reply to You can add notes with the… by Marc Sabatella
Everything moves.
In reply to This is awkward, since it… by jandymanvoelk
Should be the same with a MIDI keyboard, just press Shift on the computer keyboard in addition to the key on the MIDI keyboard
In reply to Should be the same with a… by Jojo-Schmitz
Should be, but isn't, unfortunately. See #194711: Allow [Shift] + MIDI Note Input to add note to ChordRest of current selection. Not sure what code I was looking at when I said it looked like it should already work, but I can't get it to.
In reply to Should be, but isn't,… by Marc Sabatella
What language/framework is Musescore written in, BTW?
In reply to What language/framework is… by jandymanvoelk
C++, Qt.