is there a way to let musescore generate a scale and in guitar tabs?
hi
is there a way to let musescore generate a scale , for example an A Minor Pentatonic Scale and have even my guitar tabs
thanks
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If you mean have MuseScore automatically write it out for you, no. If you mean, can you enter the notes for a scale, and then sure! And if you enter the notes, MuseScore definitely convert to tab for you.
In reply to If you mean have MuseScore… by Marc Sabatella
hi
is there a free software for windows that can i use with musescore?
a program that can generate/write scales for me?
or is there a way to paste the above tab on musescore?
|-0--------3-----5--------8-----10-----|-12----------15------17----------20------22-----|
|----1-----3-----5--------8-----10-----|-----13------15------17----------20------22-----|
|-0-----2--------5-----7-----9---------|-12------14----------17------19------21---------|
|-0-----2--------5-----7--------10-----|-12------14----------17------19----------22-----|
|-0--------3-----5-----7--------10-----|-12----------15------17------19----------22-----|
|-0--------3-----5--------8-----10-----|-12----------15------17----------20------22-----|
thanks
In reply to hi… by mantras
There is a plugin for MuseScore 1.x, https://musescore.org/en/project/scales
It hasn't been ported to 2.x though
In reply to hi… by mantras
This:
|-0--------3-----5--------8-----10-----|-12----------15------17----------20------22-----|
|----1-----3-----5--------8-----10-----|-----13------15------17----------20------22-----|
|-0-----2--------5-----7-----9---------|-12------14----------17------19------21---------|
|-0-----2--------5-----7--------10-----|-12------14----------17------19----------22-----|
|-0--------3-----5-----7--------10-----|-12----------15------17------19----------22-----|
|-0--------3-----5--------8-----10-----|-12----------15------17----------20------22-----|
is more of a fretboard diagram than actual tablature.
True tablature, especially for playback, considers vertical groupings to be sounded as 'chords'. What this shows are the fret positions for individual scale degrees. (In other words, at the very beginning, you're not 'strumming' or 'plucking' the 5 open strings shown together.)
See my following post.
You wrote:
Is there a way to let musescore generate a scale...?
Notes can be entered on the musical (treble) staff and TAB can be generated via a linked staff (i.e. tablature pair) .
Conversely, the TAB can be entered first and the staff notes can be generated via a linked staff (i.e. tablature pair).
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tablature
Later, you wrote:
Is there a way to paste the above tab on musescore?
You can paste images (like your scale fretboard diagram) into MuseScore.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/images
Here's a MuseScore file you can experiment with:
TAB_and_scale.mscz
Regards.
In reply to You wrote:… by Jm6stringer
hi
but how did you insert my "freetboard diagrag" into musescoe?
manually? or there is a way to import it
thanks
In reply to hi… by mantras
There is no fretboard diagram, just an image, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/images
Or just plain text in a text frame
In reply to There is no fretboard… by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo
in short i would like to have all the Pentatonic scales major and minor on a tabablature
how can i do it?
is there a complete pentatonic major and minor scale to download?
thanks
In reply to Jojo… by mantras
You wrote:
I would like to have all the Pentatonic scales major and minor on a tablature. How can i do it?
You can enter a major/minor scale once, then transpose it into as many other scales/keys as you want - C maj, Cmin; Fmaj, F min; G maj, G min; etc. .
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/transposition
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/transposition#manual-transpose
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/transposition#automatic-transpose
Of course, a 'fretboard image' (picture or text) of a scale cannot be transposed.
The scale would necessarily be entered onto a treble (or TAB) staff, then easily transposed.
Regards.
In reply to Jojo… by mantras
I think this is the better way to think of it. Rather than looking for a feature in MuseScore to automatically generate music you might happen to be looking for, better to just look for the music, in MuseScore format or some other format MuseScore can import (eg, MusicXML, MIDI), or ABC via plugin). That goes for scales as well as any other other music you might be interested in.
In reply to hi… by mantras
You wrote:
...but how did you insert my "freetboard diagrag" into musescoe? manually?
This is the 'fretboard diagram' shown in your first post:
|-0--------3-----5--------8-----10-----|-12----------15------17----------20------22-----|
|----1-----3-----5--------8-----10-----|-----13------15------17----------20------22-----|
|-0-----2--------5-----7-----9---------|-12------14----------17------19------21---------|
|-0-----2--------5-----7--------10-----|-12------14----------17------19----------22-----|
|-0--------3-----5-----7--------10-----|-12----------15------17------19----------22-----|
|-0--------3-----5--------8-----10-----|-12----------15------17----------20------22-----|
It is text. Presumably you typed out all those numbers and dashes.
I simply copied and pasted it as text into the vertical frame (at the top of my 'TAB_and_scale.mscz' file.
If you double click on any of the numbers or dashes in that score, you can type in different values.
You also wrote:
or there is a way to import it
Here you have choices:
You can use your text file, as I did; or use an image file.
Both types of files can be placed into a score.
The image file can be re-sized but, unlike the text file, its content cannot be edited.
See the attached text and image files of the 'fretboard diagram'.
Regards.
Besides other online scale generators you can also build your own scale diagram with a LibreOffice extension and use the exported graphic in Musescore.
https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/chorddiagrams
This code is Example 1:
-Scale:0-3-5-8-10-12-15-17-20-22/
0-3-5-7-10-12-15-17-19-22/
0-2-5-7-10-12-14-17-19-22/
0-2-5-7-9-12-14-17-19-21/
1-3-5-8-10-13-15-17-20-22/
0-3-5-8-10-12-15-17-20-22
:L3,3:L5,5:L7,7:L9,9:L12,12:L15,15:L17,17:L19,19:L21,21:L24,24
-Scale1.svg
This code is example 2:
-Scale:0-3,3-5,5-8,8-10,10-12,12-15,15-17,17-20,20-22,22/
0-3,3-5,5-7,7-10,10-12,12-15,15-17,17-19,19-22,22/
0-2,2-5,5-7,7-10,10-12,12-14,14-17,17-19,19-22,22/
0-2,2-5,5-7,7-9,9-12,12-14,14-17,17-19,19-21,21/
1,1-3,3-5,5-8,8-10,10-13,13-15,15-17,17-20,20-22,22/
0-3,3-5,5-8,8-10,10-12,12-15,15-17,17-20,20-22, 22
:L3,3:L5,5:L7,7:L9,9:L12,12:L15,15:L17,17:L19,19:L21,21:L24,24
-Scale2.svg
In reply to Besides other online scale… by musikai
Thanks for this... another LibreOffice extension.
I had tried using MuseScore's fretboard diagram feature to illustrate scale positions, but only a maximum of one finger per string (excluding barre) is allowed .
So, although 'chord' diagrams are possible in MuseScore, 'scale' diagrams are not.
--HOWEVER--
Since most popular music songbooks employ 'chord' diagrams, this is only an issue for instructional type scores.
Regards.