How to split notes into subdivisions?
Hi,
Total noob with musescore here, so please bear with me!
I want to split a pattern of whole notes into a pattern of, respectively, half and quarter notes, so that instead of:
C | B | C | C (4 whole notes)
I would end up with:
C C | B B | C C | CC (8 half notes)
or
CCCC|BBBB|CCCC|CCCC (quarter notes)
Is there a simple way to create this transition?
Best,
K
Comments
It's not something that would ever come up in the normal course of music creation, so no automatic facility for it, no. Probably a plugin could be created for it if for some reason you end up needing a lot. Or, you could try just changing the time signature to 2/4 or 1/4., which would do the split for you because then it's musically relevant. And then if you change it back to 4/4, it will leave the split in place (until you do Tools / Regroup Rhythms, which is designed to fix things like that).
In reply to It's not something that… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, Marc! I still have to manually delete the ties that are created, but it does pretty much what I need it to do.
In reply to Thanks, Marc! I still have… by kflak
" I still have to manually delete the ties that are created"
In reply to " I still have to manually… by DanielR
Brilliant, thanks!
In reply to It's not something that… by Marc Sabatella
"It's not something that would ever come up in the normal course of music creation".
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Unless you're Beethoven:
In reply to "It's not something that… by Dylan Nicholson1
My point is, one wouldn't normally enter it one way then change it to the other thing. To enter the passage shown, you'd just do so directly - a series of half notes, quarter notes, dotted halves, eighths, etc. Use the "R" command simplified this sort of thing greatly as well.
In reply to My point is, one wouldn't… by Marc Sabatella
I wasn't really disagreeing, just noting that to take an existing melody then repeat it as a measured tremolo isn't that unusual.
I'd argue a more useful command would be to "unroll measured tremolos" (and the reverse for that matter).
In reply to I wasn't really disagreeing,… by Dylan Nicholson1
Well, even if you don't, I would humbly disagree with your previous speaker. I find it not so rare that some tune is written in full or half note, and later that tune is repeated in subdivided, or repetitive, style. It might be even usual in accompanying parts like bass, strings, timpani, or whatever. How easy life could be if you could simply copy the tune and then subdivide with one click.
In reply to Well, even if you don't, I… by RudoSaxx
Would be interesting to see a study of published music to ascertain how common it is. I doubt I've seen it in more than a fraction of a percentage of all scores I've studied. But anyhow, if it's common for enough people, one of them would probably be able to writer a plugin to automate it.
In reply to "It's not something that… by Dylan Nicholson1
I really would like to know how the get those subdivided notes with slashes (and dots above if possible). It is a lot easier for the eye than all notes separately. Do you have any idea?
In reply to I really would like to know… by McBtrb
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tremolo
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Jm6stringer
thanks!
In reply to I really would like to know… by McBtrb
I found the slashes in the end par accident. English is not my mother tongue and I never would have expected to find this under tremolo.... The dots I entered with stave text ("tremolo" changed to ....). Not sure if it is the right way as I cannot find any document about it. Suggestions are welcome!
In reply to I found the slashes in the… by McBtrb
@Jm6stringer I didn't see your suggestion before I replied. the tremolos I used to learn are the ones under ornaments...