Can I automatically split notes over a strong beat?
Hi, it's me again!
I think I could most easily explain what I want by showing it in pictures. I input an eight note, and then six quarter notes. I get the following result:
What I would like to get instead is the following:
Is it possible to configure this?
Feel free to just link to a page in the handbook, if appropriate. I looked for an answer but couldn't find it!
Comments
Yes it is. Not really automatically but you should input them in the following way:
- Set the first eighth note.
- set the quarter note.
- switch back to eighth and set it.
- press '+' to get the two tied eighths.
- write the qarter note
- press again '+' to get two tied eighths.
And so on ...
In reply to Yes it is. - Set the first… by HildeK
Thanks for your effort, but how did you think I'd made the example of how I'd want it? ;) (exactly the way you describe it)
In reply to Thanks for your effort, but… by 607MuseScore
OK :-). I thought, it was a copy from elsewere.
Probably there is no other way.
Another method is no less laborious:
Having already the quarters notes, you can switch to Note Input Rhythm, choose eighth note and click on the quarter note you'd like to split. You will get then two eighth notes but you must input the tie manually.
In reply to OK :-). I thought, it was a… by HildeK
You can try Tools>Regroup Rhythms. This achieves what you want but after the notes have been entered rather than while you enter the notes. The algorithm is ok for simple cases like this but can give less satisfactory results in more complex cases.
I would also note that there is no necessity to make the split on beat 3 in the case you have. I see it both ways in published works. I guess it depends on your taste/house style.
In reply to You can try Tools>Regroup… by SteveBlower
Thanks, Regroup Rhythms works!
I know it is not necessary and I don't always do it, but the decision whether to do it or not should not be based on how convenient it is for me to notate, I dare say! ;)
But either of the above would have the crotchets on the "and" of the beat.
I'm not sure but I thought that the beats were supposed to be kept clear like this:
In reply to But either of the above… by yonah_ag
As the OP indicated, it is the strong beat that needs to be "exposed". In 4/4 the strong beats are 1 and 3. Beats 2 and 4 can be "hidden" within a note, provided that note has a longer duration than half the duration between the strong beats. That means that in 4/4 a weak beat shouldn't be hidden within any note shorter than a crotchet (quarter note). Your second example is not wrong but also not the most common usage. Indeed, there may be special circumstances where it might be preferred.
A basic music theory book probably sets out the "rules" of rhythmic groupings more clearly than I have here.
In reply to As the OP indicated, it is… by SteveBlower
Indeed, for anyone trying to learn the rules of notation, start by becoming intimately familiar with the eighth fundamental pattern that form the basis for virtually all music notation:
https://musescore.com/user/2975/scores/5707410
In reply to Indeed, for anyone trying to… by Marc Sabatella
How many patterns can we form in 4/4 with eights as minimum value?
In reply to How many patterns can we… by Pentatonus
See Marc's handout. There are 8 possible patterns for each half measure. So each of those 8 patterns can be used in the first half measure and each of those can be paired with another one of the 8 patterns in the second half. That means there are 8 x 8 = 64 possible patterns in a 4 beat measure.
In reply to As the OP indicated, it is… by SteveBlower
Ah yes! 1st and 3rd beats; not all beats. Sorry.
Back to Marc's help sheet for me. (It's in my favourites.)
Tools > Regroup Rhythms ?
In reply to Tools > Regroup Rhythms ? by jeetee
Already suggested https://musescore.org/en/node/334072#comment-1136367
In reply to Already suggested https:/… by SteveBlower
Guess that spells bedtime for me then :D