How to notate drone open string
I haven't found an answer to this problem in the forums. I am trying to notate a passage in Musescore for violin, that has two "voices," so to speak. The upper voice has descending scalewise eighth notes, two slurred at a time, played on the E string. The lower voice has open A quarter notes played with the eighths.
I can add a note to the chord, but that gives me eighth notes for the open A, and I want quarter notes. I can add a "voice" to the part, but there is only one passage with this figure, and I don't want to recreate the entire piece just for a few measures. I don't see any other way to notate it in Musescore.
Has anyone run into this issue, or have any ideas? For now I'm writing in the A quarter notes in pencil after I print the part.
Thanks
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. My understanding from reading the user manual is that if you have two voices, you have to notate a complete part for the second voice. Even if you only want to make one measure different from the first voice. But perhaps I missed something.
In reply to Thanks. My understanding… by attawaykm
No, you can have another voice for just one measure. Or even just one note.
No idea what gives you the idea it needs to be the entire staff
In reply to No, you can have another… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, I will look into it more. This is from the online Musescore handbook:
"Note: If you select only voice 1 for a given staff, then only the content in voice 1 for that staff will be included in the part. Thus, in order to share flute 1 & 2 on the same staff, you will need to enter all notes onto both voices, even in passages where they share content."
In reply to Thanks, I will look into it… by attawaykm
Well, yes, but that's talking about that very specific feature of sharing two complete parts on a single staff, as for two flutes, where you want to generate separate parts from them. It doesn't apply to the more ordinary case of a single instrument with a single part. Only if you want separate parts from the same staff.
In reply to Well, yes, but that's… by Marc Sabatella
Great, thanks. I was able to enter a second voice for the drone using voices. The first note selected on Voice 1 became Voice 2 when I switched voices. But I was able to go back and re-enter the Voice 1 first note.
Would it work if you used pairs of tied eighth notes for the lower "voice"?
In reply to Would it work if you used… by yonah_ag
That should work. It looks a bit hokey, but it achieves the right result. Thanks.
attawaykm wrote >> I am trying to notate a passage in Musescore for violin [with] the upper voice descending scalewise eighth notes, two slurred at a time, played on the E string. The lower voice has open A quarter notes played with the eighths.
Like this?
Violin phrases in two voices.mscz
In reply to >> I am trying to notate a… by scorster
Exactly like that!