Diamonds in Rhythm Slash Notation
In all of the scores that I come across that contain rhythm slash notation, whole and half notes are indicated by a diamond shape not the hollow slashes like are used in Musescore currently. I would really like to be able to have the option to use diamonds so that I can make my scores look more professional. And frankly, I think they look better too. Is there any way this could be a feature in MS 4?
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Right-click (Ctrl-click on Mac) one such hollow note and use "Select → More…" to be able to select all of those type of notes in one go. Then use the inspector to change their
Head Groupto "Diamond"In reply to Right-click (Ctrl-click on… by jeetee
Those are different than what I’m talking about. That is just a diamond note head, whereas what I’m referring to is a special type of diamond that is much larger than a regular note head, and is used to communicate rhythm while leaving the exact notes up to the player.
In reply to Those are different than… by Graham D.
If you don't have any "small" notes in your score you could abuse that to enlarge them
In reply to If you don't have any "small… by jeetee
Right, but 90% of the time in a score where I need notation of this kind I will also need small notes, so that will not work.
Different publishers use different fonts and thus different shapes for these, so I wouldn't think of one font as more "professional" than another - no more than Times Roman is more professional than Garamond or whatever. MuseScore does provide a number of different music fonts to select from, but no one of the ones currently offered uses same look as the font you are showing in your example. Instead it's more like the one used in other professional publications like those the Hal Leonard "Real Book" series. Still professional, just different. Anyhow, if you can find such a font to your liking and it's SMuFL-compliant and open source, it can certainly be considered for inclusion in a future version.
In reply to Different publishers use… by Marc Sabatella
I haven’t looked in many real books, so perhaps that is the standard there. Most of the parts I’ve seen with diamonds are from musical theater scores.
Anyway, there is a diamond slash available for the Bravura font under SMuFl, so it’s there to be used. Musescore just doesn’t know how to work with it yet.
In reply to I haven’t looked in many… by Graham D.
If so, Musecore does provides that notehead
![diamond.png]( "diamond.png")
See
In reply to I haven’t looked in many… by Graham D.
Select the noteheat you want to turn into a diamond. make it invisible (press V), then open the master palette, there the symbols palette, there search for that diamond notehead, double click it, position it to your likings via the element's x and y offests in Inspector.
For futur easier use, Shift+Ctrl+drag it to your normal palettes
In reply to Select the noteheat you want… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. I’ll have to try that. Obviously it would still be good to have an option for Musescore to do this automatically. But, perhaps this will work in the meantime.
In reply to Thanks. I’ll have to try… by Graham D.
Once you have it in your palette it'll be easier to reapply. Make use of right-clicking a notehead to replace and use the "Select > More" dialog to select all similar noteheads in one go.
In reply to Thanks. I’ll have to try… by Graham D.
Maybe something like https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/10725 (Work in Progress)
In reply to Maybe something like https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
Unfortunately I am not tech savy enough to know what any of this means, or how to check if this is what I am talking about. Thank you so much for working on this.
In reply to Unfortunately I am not tech… by Graham D.
You could download an artifact from there and try it out (it is a pre-alpha version of MuseScore with that change on top). Does require an account on GitHub though.
In reply to You couzld download an… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yeah, that may be a bit too complicated for me lol. But, I appreciate it.
In reply to Maybe something like https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
Just got merged, so will be in 4.0 Beta