For those who knows: What is the interpretation of these notheads in a score.
I am uncertain (correction: I do no know!) how a musician should interpret these note heads.
And how do I get this layout in MuseScore?
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Could be harmonics?
In reply to Could be harmoncis? by Jojo-Schmitz
Probably depends on what instrument the score is intended for. Different instruments have different interpretations of "non-standard" noteheads.
In reply to Probably depends on what… by SteveBlower
This is a "pure" piano score!
In reply to Could be harmoncis? by Jojo-Schmitz
Which means?
In reply to Could be harmoncis? by Jojo-Schmitz
Which means?
In reply to Could be harmoncis? by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, but then again: How to present it in MuseScore? I do not find that notehead.
In reply to Ok, but then again: How to… by ErlingI
If not in the notehead palette, it is in the master palette. SHIFT+K
Makes no sense to me as a professional pianist and music editor, but I'm guessing whoever edited this score was thinking it might be a decent way to indicate optional notes (rather than the more typical use of parentheses). Did they not provide a key to their notation of any sort, like at the beginning or end?
In reply to Makes no sense to me as a… by Marc Sabatella
My score is from 1897.
There is no key as to how this notation is to be interpreted.
I have "tons" of these scores, but I have not seen this before in any of my old scores.
So perhaps this is an odd, "uncorrect" and obscure attempt to indicate something that no-one today really understands the meaning of.
In reply to My score is from 1897. There… by ErlingI
Who is the composer? Bartok used noteheads like these to indicate that the keys were depressed silently and then held, allowing the strings to ring sympathetically when other notes were played, but that doesn't seem feasible here (Mikrokosmos 102). More likely they mean that those notes are optional as Marc suggests, e.g. if the chords are too awkward for small hands.
In reply to Who is the composer? Bartok… by Brer Fox
Yeah, I actually thought of that, but it doesn’t seem too likely in this context, unless the tempo is crazy slow.
In reply to Who is the composer? Bartok… by Brer Fox
The composer is a German amateur: Johannes Sandow. (see: https://musescore.com/user/26911315/scores/8701917 ).
The notes in question are from bars on the last system-line.
I have just added them as "normal" noteheads.
The publisher was well known/experienced and the score is printed by C.C. Röder in Leipzig.
In reply to The composer is a German… by ErlingI
You can get those noteheads via Inspector, change the notes' Head group to Diamond and the Head type to Half
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In reply to You can get those noteheads… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks a lot! I have updated my score accordingly!
Now, I only wonder what the meaning is!
Another guess: it indicates the melody line (see also: https://www.mozartproject.org/what-do-diamond-shaped-notes-mean-on-pian…)?
In reply to Another guess: it indicates… by kuwitt
Thanks for pointing to this link.
In mentions also a possible answer: that the notes should be played with the right hand.
However, I do not think that is the case here.
Perhaps as you say it means the melody line.
In that case I would have added those note heads as a separate voice and not be part of the whole chord.
I could then use the accent articulation on that voice alone.
I have closely looked at my old score and the special note heads are not a separate voice, but part of the whole chord.
But still, your guess is the "best" so I will explain "your idea" in the little "document text" I normally add to the scores I publish.
In case someone finds it worth while to download and play the piece!
Thanks again!