Help formatting polyphonic guitar measure
I'm transcribing Aire Vasco by Antonio Jimenez Manjón: http://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/4/48/IMSLP428544-PMLP695981-Manjon_A_J-Ai…
I'm trying to format in a good way measure number 14 and all the following measure which contain the same thing. I'm not succeeding in overlaying the two G# with different duration. Changing head type doesn't make the trick.
This is what I expect:
This is what I get:
I also attach the file I'm working on!
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Select high B note and press X key on your keyboard.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/noteheads-0#shared-noteheads
especially the part that reads: Notes with stems in the same direction do not share noteheads.
Normally, when using voices, voice 1 stem is up; voice 2 stem is down, etc. (These are the defaults.)
So...
Regards.
Ouch, thank you guys for the reply. I didn't realise the stem of the upper voice was down, for some reason I pictured this as a not handled case so I asked here without thinking!
Edit: I'm not at laptop anymore so I can't try now, but I just realised that Jm6stringer pointed out a different thing than stem direction. So it's all a matter of which voices I group together?
In reply to Ouch, thank you guys for the by Fabrizio Ferrigno
OOPS!...
Maybe not, as when I reversed the stems (using X), it appeared as if the shared noteheads were all connected as a single chord.
Not the case, as the beam(s) for the eighth notes had to be adjusted downward to fix the illusion.
Regards.
In reply to OOPS!... Maybe not, as when I by Jm6stringer
Basically, your current mistake (no worry, it's a common misunderstanding) is to not respect the logical order of the voices input.
For that, you must think like a vocal quartet: Voice 1 (soprano), Voice 2 (alto), Voice 3 (tenor), Voice 4 (bass).
If you were doing a transcription of a vocal quartet for guitar, you would not think, I suppose, consider the Soprano as the Bass :) Basically, that's what you did.
And so, in your score, all is mixed and not at the right place: the melodic voice is in voice 2, the bass is in voice 1, and the intermediate line is in voice 3.
Considering the direction of the beams of the different voices, this leads to the difficulties that you encounter.
I put all this in order in your score: Aire Vasco1.mscz
You will see, in continuing, that it will be better. And you will be in a notes input that has more sense musically.
In reply to Basically, your current by cadiz1
Thank you everyone for the replies. Indeed the main problem was just stem directions, so by pressing X on the upper voice simply solve the problem.
Anyway I think the solution of cadiz1 is the best one cause it will allow me to make less adjustments. Thanks for explaining me and editing the score!
I transcribed some more bars. I was wondering, is there a way to automatically spacing voices? Or do I have to manually adjust all the groups?
In reply to I transcribed some more bars. by Fabrizio Ferrigno
You will have to adjust those beams yourself. Version 3.0 should automatically fix it, but it is still sometime away.
I finished entering all the notes and made some page formatting.
I also made an upload on musescore.com: https://musescore.com/fabo92/scores/4115876 (YouTube audio track added too).
I gladly accept suggestions or critiques! I'm now going to make all the needed manual adjustment and add all the dynamics and text missing.
P.S I also had an idea for boosting OpenScore kickstarter campaign.
Since the idea to transcribe this piece came after watching this video (which is the one I included on musescore.com), if we make this transcription "OpenScore valid" you could then tag Guitar Salon International/Andrea Caballero on facebook and potentially get some more backers (if GSI shares MuseScore post).