Delete Unnecessary Rests?
Hey, folks. I am very new to MuseScore (about ten minutes in as of this typing). I downloaded this to hopefully use as a quick way to put together some drumset exercises to help a few folks with developing strength and control with double kick pedals.
Anyways, I was able to get my first exercise documented, but on the last two measures, there seems to be a rest sitting above the staff that I cannot get rid of.
The score is attached if someone is able to assist and show me what i have done wrong.
Thank you.
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You entered notes in voice 2, so the rests in voice 1 appear.
Select the 2 measures in that staff then ...
Use Menu item: Tools -> Voices and exchange voice 1 - 2
The voice 2 rests can then be deleted.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
In reply to You entered notes in voice 2… by Jm6stringer
Thank you! I must have accidentally clicked a toolbar button or pressed a key combination without realizing what I had done.
In reply to Thank you! I must have… by mykrobinson
Not really; drum notation is a bit special with regards to 'voice' usage. By default, stuff for the hands uses voice 1 (stems up) and feet use voice 2 (stems down).
So if you enter a measure with only footwork, then the voice 1 (hands part) will show its rest. In that case it would be more correct to make those rests invisible (select them and change the correct setting in the inspector, or use the shortcut 'V').
See also https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/drum-notation
In reply to Not really; drum notation is… by jeetee
Thanks again. Needless to say i a have a lot to learn about both drum notation and Musescore.
Can you explain why the rests do not appear in the first few measures?
In reply to Thanks again. Needless to… by mykrobinson
Wait, i think i understand now. I have changed the hands in the second row to up stems and corrected the note value, and now the rests are gone naturally.
Thank you
In reply to Wait, i think i understand… by mykrobinson
got it
In reply to got it [inline:musescore.png] by mykrobinson
What I don't understand is why you are showing the ride cymbal and snare normally (voice 1, stems up) in the first three measures but unusually (stems down, voice 2) in the next two, Then normal again in the last two. Nothing about those two middle measures seems to require switching to nonstandard notation. Best, I think, to simply move those ride and snare back to voice 1 - select them, press the voice 1 button.
In reply to What I don't understand is… by Marc Sabatella
that's been corrected. This seems to be the primary reason for the rests. I am quite new to both MuseScore and drum notation, so that combination made for a lot of mistakes my first go at it.
This should be right now (i think)
In reply to that's been corrected. This… by mykrobinson
Certainly looks right!
In reply to got it [inline:musescore.png] by mykrobinson
still got some work to do on the 3rd and 4th measures, but your tips have got me going in the right direction.
In reply to Wait, i think i understand… by mykrobinson
hey i know your comment is pretty old, but could you explain how you did that please?