Baroque prelude without bars?
Is there a way to write a score like the screenshot below, without bars?
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Is there a way to write a score like the screenshot below, without bars?
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Select a group of measures you want to have combined on a system, then use the commands in Tools / Measures to join them (also split out portions you don't want).
In reply to Select a group of measures… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you Marc, but then all those measures just turn into continuous one staff line that disappears off the page. How do I display it onto different lines in the score?
Thanks again
In reply to Thank you Marc, but then all… by j73m6@yahoo.com
As per my previous suggestions, select "a group of measures you want to have combined on a system". Not all bars, just as much music as you want to see fit on a system. Or go ahead and combine them all then use the split feature to divide it up system by system.
Here's how I'd do it (not necessarily the best way):
This is pretty regular music, rhythm-wise, so enter the music with barlines.
Then select the range where you don't want barlines (click on the first bar in the range, [Shift]-click on the last).
Now right-click on a barline, "Select >Similar in the range" and press V to make them invisible,
In reply to Here's how I'd do it (not… by underquark
My only question is this. How do you know the original had no bars? It surly didn't have all those fingerings or all the other edits.
In reply to My only question is this… by bobjp
I agree - all the original lute tablature I have seen (admittedly not an enormous amount) has had “bar” lines, as it would be very difficult to read without them. Such bars were not necessarily consistent in length, as the lines were often drawn in advance - you can see this in old manuscripts, not just lute ones. It’s quite possible that the original editor (?19th century) did not have enough experience of this, and decided to play “safe” and omit them altogether.
In reply to I agree - all the original… by Brer Fox
It is the S.L.Weiss "Fantasie", which seems to be without bars wherever you see it: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=weiss+fantasie&tbm…
In reply to It is the S.L.Weiss … by j73m6@yahoo.com
You’re right, the original MS doesn't have bar lines in that movement. In that case I would use Underquark’s method above - write it in 3/4 then make the time signature and bar lines invisible.
Original manuscript: https://gerardreyne.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/weiss-sylvius-leopold-e…
In reply to You’re right, the original… by Brer Fox
That will leave unnecessary gaps between the original measures. It also won't work if any notes need to straddle that barline. The method I described - actually joining the measures - is the more correct way to do this.
In reply to That will leave unnecessary… by Marc Sabatella
Fair enough - thanks! :)