Offsetting a note from the beat
In a guitar tab I have bars where a note on a treble string is to be played at the same time as a bass note on the first beat – except not quite, as the treble note needs to be played just a bit offset from the beat.
I have modelled this as shown below but it looks rather clumsy. Is there a better way?
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I think I would use a grace note. It may seem like a huge jump, but it's not uncommon in classical violin music and it would work the same on the guitar.
In reply to I think I would use a grace… by mike320
Thanks. I'll try one out and see what it does.
In reply to I think I would use a grace… by mike320
I tried the first grace note in the palette as it had a small crossed out note picture, (acciaccatura), but although the main note was suitably delayed, the grace note played instead of being silent.
I can silence it via the inspector but how would I indicate this in the score?
In reply to I tried the first grace note… by yonah_ag
I think you misunderstood. Put the grace note in the bass. You can select it and press ctrl+shift+down arrow to move it from the treble to the bass (as long as it is one instrument with two staves).
In reply to I think you misunderstood… by mike320
Now I'm somewhat confused – sorry!
I want the slight delay to be in the treble note not the bass note.There is only a single tablature stave: the treble note is playing on fret 3 of the first string and the bass note on fret 2 of the 4th string.
In reply to Now I'm somewhat confused –… by yonah_ag
By the very nature of the guitar, the grace note will replace the note in the bass rather than play in addition to it and be sustained. Another way to do this on a guitar is to write it as an up strum. You can control the speed of the strum in the inspector. I don't know which would be more common for the style of guitar you are writing for. I'm sure a classical guitarist would prefer the grace note while a rock guitarist might prefer the strum.
If the playing technique is finger picking (e.g. classical) rather than plectrum (guitar pick), you can use one of the arpeggio symbols.
Have a listen:
Arpeggio offset.mscz
While TAB is good... although for my better understanding
Do you have the actual treble clef notation? Are there voices involved?
Regards.
Note: EDIT for arpeggio.
In reply to If the playing technique is… by Jm6stringer
That's an idea; an arpeggio of 2 notes! This works as I can use the piano roll editor to offset the treble note. (There's no arpeggio stretch in 2.3.2).
It's a fingerstyle arrangement on classical guitar. There is no treble clef notation, only TAB. I shared it on MS.com earlier this month but I am trying to improve some of the playback, e.g. in bar 33.
https://musescore.com/user/28842914/scores/5562050
In reply to That's an idea; an arpeggio… by yonah_ag
There's no arpeggio stretch in 2.3.2
True I forgot you were still on 2.3.2.
Try 3.1 for new projects when it comes out next week. It's great and we'll still be here to help.
In reply to There's no arpeggio stretch… by mike320
I will. There are various features that I could make use of in v3 such as arpeggio stretch and guitar capo. Does MS.com support v3 scores?
In reply to I will. There are various… by yonah_ag
You can upload 3.x scores to musescore.com, one problem is that they do not yet support 3.1, but that usually follows within a couple of days of the release of the new version.