Ornamentation for Irish traditional music
I'm writing a score for penny whistle ( I did not see penny whistle or tin whistle in the menu so I've labeled it flute). Anyway, traditional whistle playing and piping uses an ornament called a roll, which is often marked with a tremolo sign. I need to mark the g right above the treble clef staff line and MuseScore places it right on top of the note, rather than above it. Is there a way to adjust the placement of the tremolo?
Thanks
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You don't say which version of MuseScore you are using, but in 1.3, click the "More" button to see more instruments; in 2.0, see "All instruments" in the dropdown list.
Tremolos are moved by double clicking and dragging or using the arrow keys. You can also place the symbol itself using the symbols palette (press Z).
In reply to You don't say which version by Marc Sabatella
version 1.3.
Your advice did the trick. Thanks.
I could find no penny whistle or tin whistle in the expanded instrument list. Might be something to add in the future.
Also if they wanted to they could differentiate Scottish highland bagpipes and Uillean bagpipes. And they could add concertina to the keyboards.
In reply to version 1.3. Your advice did by fjsharp
2.0 release is due very soon and has Tin Whistle. There are, of course, many tin whistles but you can change the pitch in Stave Properties (I bought an F one over 30 years ago and still have it - mainly because it was cheap and small and I could easily transpose pieces to play along with concert-pitch instruments and with Bb brass instruments).
You could, of course, differentiate between different bagpipes but there are so many of them and they are all pretty loud and screetchy (I speak with authority as my son plays the Great Highland Pipes - if you want to give them their grand name). Since you can change the name of an instrument easily there would only really be a point in having different instruments available to choose from if you had different sounds in a sound-font for all of them.
Concertina - it's just a wee accordion with less neck strain but it is available as an option in version 2.0 and is classed as "Free Reed" instrument.
In reply to 2.0 release is due very soon by underquark
I have to disagree that all bagpipes sound "pretty loud and screechy". The Great Highland Bagpipes are certainly loud, best listened to from the other side of a valley in my opinion. Uillean pipes are a little quieter, and smallpipes much quieter (whether Northumberland or Scottish). Border pipes are also fairly quiet. Some pipes (again for example Scottish smallpipes) can be mellow. There are indeed many other different bagpipes, some of which may be screechy, but I haven't had the pleasure of listening to them.
In reply to I have to disagree that all by Jon Foote
"Loud and Screechy", indeed. *eyeroll*
The proper name IS Great Highland Bagpipe but that is merely an anglicized of the proper Gaelic name which is Piob Mhor.
What I see happening here in terms of musescore is that the Highland Piper consortium has request bombed the devs to include embellishments for highland pipes, which is great as to me it is a major time saver.
The only thing I would suggest is that there be a way to break down the submenu into another submenu that would make things easier to find. I mean a lot of these embellishments are "brand name embellishments" meaning a Leumluath, a Taorluath and a throw on D, or High G (amongst others) will always look the same. A great big drop down list that you scroll through to find the right one is nice but somewhat impractical especially when you could possibly make a keyboard shortcut for that kind of thing.
So have a section for doublings, half doublings, grace note strikes and then more complex embellishments...
In reply to "Loud and Screechy", indeed. by pipermacbear
Consider making a custom palette: http://musescore.org/en/handbook/custom-palettes
You can make a palette for each submenu.
You can also export this palette via workspace: http://musescore.org/en/node/39841
And next share it with others.