Can I Play Each Voice Separately
I'm a novice Musescore user and have replicated a 4 voice, 4 measure Barbershop Quartet tag, on a grand staff, for learning purposes. Is there any way I can play each voice separately using any interface in v2.3.2?
If not, would the solution be to put each voice on its own treble or bass clef staff?
I've checked the online help and not found anything that pertains to voice playback.
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Try using the Selection Filter (F6) to select the voice you don't want to hear, then untick Play in the inspector
In reply to Try using the Selection… by Louis Cloete
Perfect. That works like a charm.
It would be indeed more flexible to use a separate staff for each voice (I do it like this). You could then generate connected parts from them, which are added as tabs to the score and can be played back separately.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/parts
Or you just use the Mixer (F10) to solo or mute desired staves.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/mixer
And for your singers, you can easily print parts which are much easier to read than the combined choir.
In reply to It would be indeed more… by drowo
Thanks very much for the reply. I need to explore this further.
While this works for my learning a piece, Barbershoppers (at least where I'm from) aren't expecting four staves. Music is presented on a grand staff with Tenor/Lead on the treble and Baritone/Bass on the bass clef. I would use this if there was no other alternative.
In reply to Thanks very much for the… by Bach Im Not
Then check my template from below and enjoy ;-)
In reply to Thanks very much for the… by Bach Im Not
OK understood. In this case Jojo-Schmitz' template should be the perfect solution for you.
You could tweak the score manually to allow for channels. Check for example the attached sample scores
In reply to You could tweak the score… by Jojo-Schmitz
That's cool! How did you do that?
In reply to That's cool! How did you do… by drowo
Manually tweaking the mscx file :-)
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Similar for BARI/BASS, then adding a staff text and edit its properties, assign voice 1 and 3 to the upper, voice 2 and 4 to the lower voice.
In reply to Manually tweaking the mscx… by Jojo-Schmitz
Great, thanks! I wonder if this works also by editing the instrument.xml, or better adding a second instrument.xml with these "special instruments" already included? I alread use a customized second instrument.xml for special purposes.
In reply to Great, thanks! I wonder if… by drowo
It sure works there too (it does for violin for example). What does not work though, neither in instruments.xml, not in templates, is the staff text that is needed to do the switching, that needs to get added to the score after creation.