Bells do not seem to operate
Greetings:
I am running Musescore v1.3, and a song I am composing needs a certain bell sound.
Fortunately, there are 2 bell sounds under the Unpitched Percussion: Bells and Bell Plate. I add the instruments to my score, but I cannot seem to play these instruments. In fact, they seem to have one- line percussion staves that do not allow me to put any notes on them! They don't accept anything.
Do these instruments actually work? If so, how can I use them???
Someone please advise...
Comments
Both instruments are indeed available in 1.3 and Bells actually sound like a bell (bell plate does not though).
For Percussion you enter notes via the Drums palette. See also http://musescore.org/en/handbook/drum-notation
In reply to Both instruments are indeed by Jojo-Schmitz
Greetings:
Thanks for the response/suggestions.
My problem, unfortunately, isn't lack of knowledge of the Drums palette.
My problem is that apparently there is nothing in the Drums palette.
I select the Drums palette, and it is completely empty, as illustrated in the attached file.
This is why I am asking about how to use Bells. For some reason there is nothing in the Drums palette, and none of the other notes will work with that one- line Bells percussion staff.
So: is there something I need to do to get the Drums palette working? Or is this a bug I need to report in this version of the software?
In reply to Greetings: Thanks for the by ReshBethGimel
Click a rest, the palette should be populated ...
In reply to Greetings: Thanks for the by ReshBethGimel
See the first step listed under "Mouse" in Drum notation in the Handbook. You have to click on something before beginning note entry or the palette remains empty. That limitation is already removed in 2.0 builds, so no need to file an issue.
In reply to Greetings: Thanks for the by ReshBethGimel
Thanks, all.
I have it working now. Thanks.
If you want to enter notes (pitches) use Pitched Percussion when selecting your instrument. This way, you'll get a staff upon which to place notes, instead of the single line used for Unpitched Percussion.
Regards.