Accordion (German?) left hand notation
Hi,
I'd like to put accordion bass note names and chord names. The special thing is, that Accordions (at least in Germany) use 1. German note and chord names (H instead of B) and lowercase chord names.
That said:
C below a note is "press C bass button".
"c" below a note or chord is "press C major(!) chord button".
"cm" below a note or chord is "press "c minor chord button".
"cm\nC" below a chord is "press both C bass button and c minor chord button", where '\n' means line break.
Cannot be done in Musescore using chord notation, and I do not want to abuse the lyrics. Also, I do not know how to input the flat '♭' using lyrics.
I see multiple things here:
1.) Enter a special accordion text input, similar to lyrics/chord input.
2.) Set default to "below staff".
3.) Do not auto-correct "bb" to "B♭", but to "b♭". Do not autocorrect cb7 to "C♭7", but to "c♭7".
4.) Allow German input, which is "b" for b flat major and "h" for b major.
Hope I havent forgotten anything.
Random examples (used google images search "akkordeon noten" and clicked some random images):
https://www.musikalienhandel.de/noten/akkordeon-akk/easy-akkordeon-2--W…
https://www.alle-noten.de/Klavier-Orgel-Akkordeon/Akkordeon/Akkordeon-g…
Random examples googling "Akkordeon Polka Noten":
https://www.notenshop-plus.de/media/image/PB40-096.jpg
https://www.notenshop-plus.de/media/image/WILD20200p1.jpg
Best regards :)
Ben
Comments
By the way,
the sounds a simple accordion (a not-diatonic one) can produce are limited:
https://musescore.com/user/61184/scores/5481498
That said… input of the text could even be automatic! :))
Or maybe handled by a plugin.
In reply to By the way, the sounds a… by bmhm
Actually, you can play many more chords on the left side of the accordion:
https://accordionchords.com/all-chords/
To enter flat sign, use Ctrl+Shift+b (sharp is Ctrl+Shift+#)
To make a particular text type default to below the staff, set it that way then use the "set as style" button int he Inspector.
So you should be able to do what you want using staff text - you can even use Alt+Right to move to the next note similar to how Space works for lyrics.
In reply to To enter flat sign, use Ctrl… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks. I still think there should be a dedicated accordion input. I forgot about the underscores.
Also, I don't want a specific text to be below a staff for all staves.
In reply to Thanks. I still think there… by bmhm
In theory there's an entire accordion palette , but it hasn't been made visible yet. See #8605: For accordion: Insert a register toolbar and https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/4885
In reply to In theory there's an entire… by Jojo-Schmitz
Great! Happy to look into it. It's there a nightly build (Linux appimage) I can test?
In reply to Great! Happy to look into it… by bmhm
No, that needs the PR to get merged.
In reply to Great! Happy to look into it… by bmhm
It is in 3.3 meanwhile BTW
In reply to It is in 3.3 meanwhile BTW by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks you sooooo much! Going to check it out in a few days! :)
In reply to Thanks you sooooo much!… by bmhm
by then hopefully 3.3.2 will be out ;-)
In reply to To enter flat sign, use Ctrl… by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc,
Using chords is better otherwise you loose transposition and soon playback.
Hi,
I have the same need.
I use chords by unchecking capitalize chord names in style.
I have also asked to the current chord playback development if taking that into account in the implementation is possible but answer (from Jojo) was that it was too "specific" :-(