How to make a dotted line between the 2 staffs
How to make a dotted line between the 2 staffs like on the picture down below?
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Several methods:
In reply to Take the straight line from… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, it works! Before, I tried to use Properties and it didn't work...
In reply to Take the straight line from… by Jojo-Schmitz
For a glissando, cross staff notation is not neccessary if you use ctrl+click to select the notes with the line connecting them. You will have to remove the second glissando you don't want though.
In reply to For a glissando, cross staff… by mike320
?? That won't connect the 2 selected notes, but the 2 selected notes with the next notes on their staff (and voice)
In reply to ?? That won't connect the 2… by Jojo-Schmitz
I just realized I've been using 2.2.1 for this thread. It worked in version 2.2.1 but was unfortunately broke in version 2.3. This is not good, because there are valid glissandos that transition between staves, especially on the harp, that should not require cross-staff notation to work.
In reply to I just realized I've been… by mike320
Oh, mind to file an issue for this?
In reply to I just realized I've been… by mike320
I am not seeing a problem with gliss between staves in 2.3. You don't even need to Ctrl+click both notes. They do have to be in the same instrument
I know this is an old question but I want to share a solution not mentioned here hoping someone finds this helpful.
IMHO, straight lines aren't suitable for the task because it's impossible to connect two notes in different staves precisely. Moreover, in the current Musescore version (3), automatic layout will heavily increase the space between staves when using diagonal lines.
Glissando isn't the right tool either because it implies an unintended performance direction in this precise case. This may be an issue when exporting your score to said MusicXML.
My solution is to (mis)use slurs. Because they are Bézier curves, it's easy to turn them into straight lines by entering the edit mode and to change the curvature. At last, change the line style to "dashed" and you're fine.
In reply to I know this is an old… by maximumspatiu1
There is a better way still. Hidden at the bottom of the menu Add->Lines there is the Note Anchored Line. Select a note, ctrl+click the other note then select this option and you will have a line drawn from one note to another. It has all of the properties of any other line, so you can make it dashed, dotted or solid as you like.
In reply to There is a better way still… by mike320
Thanks! While the placement of that note anchored lines is indeed easier, making them dashed delivers unsatisfactory visual results: one need to resort to "custom dashed" style and to tune stroke length and distance manually for each and every angle. This makes note anchored lines impractical and slow to deal with.
It looks like there is still room for improvement here (i.e. automatic stroke adjustment like it's done for slurs)...
In reply to Thanks! While the placement… by maximumspatiu1
there's an open bug with dashed and note anchored lines, see #289433: note-anchored line style applied incorrectly
In reply to There is a better way still… by mike320
Thanks. I could not add Anchored Lines if the 2 notes are from different staves. Did this work for you?
In reply to Thanks. I could not add… by Jubinell
Yes, it does
In reply to Yes, it does by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for offering to help.
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Here is the score. I am trying to draw a line between the 2 blue notes in the photo.
In reply to Thanks for offering to help… by Jubinell
Ah. The actual issue is that the notes have to be on different beats, otherwise the line has zero duration. Can you explain the purpose of the one you want to draw? As a pianist myself, it's not at all clear what a line connecting those notes would be trying to show me. But depending on its purpose, there is probably a more standard way of achieving the result.
In reply to Ah. The actual issue is… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks! I am trying to show the reader that the 2 notes from 2 staves must be played together. Cuz with fast songs and complicated rhythm it's sometimes hard to make out which note belongs to which beats.
In reply to Thanks! I am trying to show… by Jubinell
Notes directly vertically above/below one another (and in the same system) are always to be played simultanously, I don't see any need to clarify this by a line?
The main purpose of that note-anchored line it to show a hand switching staves, like the left or right hand on Piano to move to the upper/lower staff.
Or a Melody switchging from e.g. Tenor to Alto.
In either case the notes would be on a different beat
In reply to Notes directly vertically… by Jojo-Schmitz
As I said, sometimes it's hard to make out when there are many notes stuffed together and the song is very fast. The score I uploaded is a very simple version. The actual score is more congested than that (see pic)
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In reply to As I said, sometimes it's… by Jubinell
I don't see the difficulty there.
But you can use a text line there, is is just cumbersome to place, and keep in place when the layout changes
In reply to I don't see the difficulty… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yup this works for me. Although I had to reposition it a lot. If I can just choose 2 notes and draw a line between them, it would be much easier. Thanks though.
In reply to Yup this works for me… by Jubinell
It might help if you posted the actual score. I can't recall ever seeing one in which such a line would do anything but confuse the player, since it isn't standard notation at all. But anyhow, if I needed to do something like this, I'd just add a line as text or as a symbol or a graphic, seems simpler. for instance, use a barline symbol from the Symbols palette, or the box drawing Unicode symbols from the Special Characters palette.
In reply to Thanks. I could not add… by Jubinell
Be sure to have only two notes selected - press Esc first to clear any existing selection. If you continue to have trouble, please attach the score and precise steps to reproduce the problem (e.g., tell us which two notes you are selecting).