Help with beams in a hymn book format.
Hello,
I've been using musescore for quite some time now, and I am really happy with it. Right now I'm working on some sheet music for a special I'm playing at church next Sunday. I'm having issues with the beams of eighth notes and sixteenth notes not "looking" correct. It looks very busy, maybe messy. Could I have some help?
Also, how can I make the beams just go away? In all the hymn books I've used there isn't often beams for long phrases.
Thanks,
Coleton
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Use menu item Edit / Select All (or use the shortcut Ctrl+A).
Then double click on the no beam graphic (the third from the left) in the 'Beam Properties' palette.
See: http://musescore.org/en/handbook/beam
Doing the above will get rid of the beams.
However, the reason the piano part does not 'look correct' is because you have entered the notes as separate voices, rather than chords - which would normally share the same note stem (along with any beams).
See: http://musescore.org/en/node/11188
Regards.
There you go - sorted.
Done the piano in two different ways so you just delete the one you don't want :)
Tidied up the ties for you as well.
Incidentally having no beams for the eighths and sixteenths is now deprecated as it is not as clear.
There are a lot of questionable engraving practices in old hymnbooks!
In reply to There you go - sorted.Done by ChurchOrganist
I see the different logic behind your two piano versions.
The one using voices could stand on its own as a SATB version. I'm guessing this can be considered the 'hymnbook' style.
Though I wonder: If the notes were entered as voices, why are the note stems in the same direction in the OP's attachment? As a result, many beams need to be flipped.
The second version appeals to my 'right hand' - 'left hand' instinct.
Regards.