How to play middle eastern music?
does anyone know how to use musescore and play middle east music ( Arabic) which is based on quarter note?
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does anyone know how to use musescore and play middle east music ( Arabic) which is based on quarter note?
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MuseScore is for WRITING not for playing music as such. It has to be notated into the program.
If you are asking, "Can MuseScore notate Arabic music, perhaps but there are many more knowledgeable persons here who will respond.
It will help if you give more details.
Regards,
In reply to MuseScore is for WRITING not by xavierjazz
if I want to write a piece of music on "RAST maqam " which has slash- flat on E and B
although there is slash-flat on the panel but it does not convert into corresponding sound
In reply to Here is an example by phil.balladur
...even microtones (smaller than 1/4) are possible.
In compositions using Western (diatonic) scales, no tuning offsets are needed. Should you wish to adjust a pitch by a quarter tone, right click on it, then in 'Note Properties' you can change the 'Tuning offset' in order to hear it in playback.
100 cents = 1 semitone (or halftone), so +50 cents will raise a tone 1/4.
See attachment, and right click on a note to view the tuning offset.
The plugin may help if you have many notes to enter this way.
Regards.
In reply to Quarter tone playback... by Jm6stringer
That's wonderful, thank you so much
I was able to play " Maqam Rast" with 2two quarter notes
I assigned 100 Cents for each and 50 cents for C and B ( quarter note)
the problem those values change from measure to measure
I was hoping to assign a fixed value for each note during the whole piece of music
for example note C will always have 50Cent as a default value
that would be great
Thanks again 05-23C-2014.mscz
In reply to Great, Thank you so much by phil.balladur
Great!
In reply to Quarter tone playback... by Jm6stringer
Hi, Jm6stringer
I try to find the note properties in musescore but I cant see it. I click right on a note but I don't see the option which you mention. Wil you explain it a bit more please?
Thanks,
In reply to Hi, Jm6stringer I try to… by Zaheri
This has moved to the inspector which you can see by pressing F8.
In reply to This has moved to the… by mike320
Thank you, I have found the offset option under F8. I have another question for you if I might:
I play middle east music with my oriental Yamah A-3000 keyboard ank I can tune my desired scale on it. for exampel: I can set the E and B keys to -50 cents and then I can hear my favorite sound effect through it. My question is if I change the pitches of de same keys on the piano key bar within Musescore2 can I get the same sound effect through the speakers of my pc? I would like to use Musescore2 to write and listen Arabic/Persian music and I hope that it wil be possible.
Thanks a lot, Zaheri
In reply to This has moved to the… by mike320
I have finally found the tuning option under the F8 key. but remains one question yet: How can I set the tuning up so that it remains the same during the hole notation proces with the virtual piano within musescore2 ?
Thank you, Zaheri
In reply to I have finally found the… by Zaheri
Zaheri,
You have to tune each note unfortunately. If you wanted every E to be 50 cents flat, you could right click an E then use Select>More... and check same pitch and any other applicable options and change all selected notes' tuning at once. I'm not familiar enough with the music to know if this is what you would want though.
some accidentals for quarter tones are available, for notation.
For playback you might want to have a look at the microtune plugin .
Another plugin that might, is http://musescore.org/en/project/autotuneselection
In reply to Another plugin that might, is by Jojo-Schmitz
You are right, this one works better , however it does not memorize the assigned values.
I am guessing the combination of both plugins ( at the developmental level) might provide more flexibility and control.
Thanks
In reply to You are right by phil.balladur
Or just the former plugin, but with the custom key sig as mentioned in the description of the latter
In reply to Or just the former plugin, by Jojo-Schmitz
An example would be very much appreciated
In reply to An Example ..... by phil.balladur
Hmm, well, it doesn't work, unfortunately, that Micro-interval Tuning plugin doesn't work with a custom key signature.
Seems that the plugin framework doesn't have any access to the key sig and its accidentals
In reply to Hmm, well, it doesn't work, by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for trying anyway
Also, I have noticed that some accidentals on the palette ( such as slash-flat,...) and some elements of ornamentation ( like trill) are not functioning either
I have read somewhere that some items are turned off ( FALSE_VALUE) but I am not sure how to get access to the source
In reply to Thanks fro trying.... by phil.balladur
Interesting thread.
In reply to Thanks fro trying.... by phil.balladur
FWIW, I'd avoid terms like "not functioning" when what you really mean is, "do not affect playback". MuseScore is a notation program, and these items (eg, trills, microtonal accidentals) *do* funciton in the way they are intended to function - they display and print on your score. It's just that they don't happen to have any affect on the playback.
Playback will always be secondary in importance to notation in MuseScore. But if you feel like helping implement some of these playback features, see the Development link in the menu at right of this page. It's definitely not as simple as turning on some flag, though.