Pseudo beam showing in TAB
I've nearly finished my first score but have somehow triggered what looks like a beam above the stave that is not linked to any notes. I know that this is a bit vague but can anyone tell from the yellow highlight in this image what I might've done?
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No without seeing the actual score. It may actually be from the staff above it. Click the "beam" and see what the status bar calls it at the bottom left of the MuseScore window.
In reply to No without seeing the actual… by mike320
I increased staff spacing and it is indeed coming from the staff above. Clicking it shows a status of, "Beam; Stave 1". I have tried deleting it but without success.
In reply to I increased staff spacing… by yonah_ag
Again, in order to be of more help, we'd need you to attach the actual score. Could be you accidentally moved it out of position; Ctrl+R would reset it. But that doesn't explain why you don't see the stems the beam is connected to. So we'd need to see the score to understand.
In reply to Again, in order to be of… by Marc Sabatella
Attached is a cut down version of the score which shows 2 of these beams.
In reply to Attached is a cut down… by yonah_ag
Now it makes sense. You have made the stems in voice 2 invisible but not the beams. Select the beams and press V. You can right click one, then use select>more... to select beams only in the current voice to make them all invisible at once.
In reply to Now it makes sense. You have… by mike320
Thanks. I'll revisit voice 2 as I may have some unintentional beams. I had assumed that making a note stemless would also hide beams but I am starting to realise the level of fine control that musescore makes available.
In reply to Attached is a cut down… by yonah_ag
Any particular reason you are showing rhythms in voice 1 but not voice 2? To me that's extremely confusing. If the goal is to remove all stems & beams, just switch to the "Simple" tablature staff style (Edit / Instruments)
In reply to Any particular reason you… by Marc Sabatella
It's my first foray into multiple voices as I have been taking the easy option in Guitar Pro of "Auto Let Ring" but want to improve this score in terms of its sound, (hence multivoice), and presentation, (hence MuseScore). In GP6 switching on stems for all voices ends up a bit of a mess because it's hard to tell the bass rhythm, (voice 4), from the accompaniment, (V3 and V2). The melody is in voice 1 and that's the voice I left on.
I certainly want to avoid it being confusing but my notation reading skills are not good, hence I like to be able to show the rhythm in TAB. Maybe I can find a way in MuseScore of displaying the rhythm like GP's single voice version but in a multi voice setup.
I do agree that it is confusing and appreciate your feedback. I think that being new to MuseScore and multivoices this could take me a while! Still, it's giving me a good learning experience. :-)
In reply to It's my first foray into… by yonah_ag
Sorted. I have combined voice 3 into voice 2 and switched on all stems. This has resulted in some compromised durations for v 2/3 notes but the rhythm display now looks much better. Since there is no longer a voice 3, all stems above the TAB are the melody.
In reply to Sorted… by yonah_ag
Nice, sounds like you are getting the hang of things and coming up with some good solutions!
In reply to Again, in order to be of… by Marc Sabatella
A question: are you sure you are not using GP7 (be aware the new format gp. is not yet supported by MuseScore), before exporting in the .gpx format, since you use this program: https://musescore.org/en/node/273120?
And so, finally, by importing your file in MuseScore?
I can reproduce something similar by this way.
Meanwhile, to solve the problem here: select the number 3 (measure 2, last beat voice 2) and number 0 (the second one, third string, voice 2), and double-click on "No beam" (third symbol) in Beams properties palette:
Beam1.mscz
In reply to A question: are you sure you… by cadiz1
Thanks that fixed it – but also shows that I have some of the accompaniment notes in the wrong voices. Voice 1 is melody, 4 is bass, 2 & 3 are accompaniment.
I tabbed this originally in GP6 and transferred it to musescore as a musicxml file. (Musescore offers more fine tuning of the printed score than GP). I haven't had a hands-on with GP7 yet but it looks good.
Actually, I think that musescore was able to open the .gpx file directly and I didn't need the .musicxml.
In reply to Thanks that fixed it – but… by yonah_ag
"Actually, I think that musescore was able to open the .gpx file directly and I didn't need the .musicxml"
Absolutely, no need the .musicxml format.
The .gpx format (and gp5, gp4, gp3) are supported automatically by MuseScore.
In reply to Actually, I think that… by cadiz1
I'm really starting to like Musescore!
In reply to ?? by yonah_ag
In my previous comment, I was answering you, incompletely first. That is the explanation.
In reply to I was answering you,… by cadiz1
:-)
Sorry, and thanks for the help. This forum is certainly very active.
In reply to ?? by yonah_ag
Great. Welcome aboard.
In reply to I increased staff spacing… by yonah_ag
You really need to attach the score, so there will be less guessing involved. My final guess is that this is in the first measure of the system and there are systems after this. At the end of this system of staff (stave in England) you have the beam of an 8th note attached to the next line but it is not displayed properly. I could be remembering wrong and the bogus beam is because the previous system is beamed to the current system. I either case, make the note causing the problem be the final beamed note.
I prefer to have the beams displayed properly, but MuseScore has this pesky bug that makes this not display properly and humans will not understand what is shown.
In reply to You really need to attach… by mike320
Attached above - sorry I got posts out of order. In my full score it is in measure 6 but in the test score attached it is measure 2.