Semibreve and quavers in a bar
Hi,
I am attempting to produce a score from an excellent youtube tutorial on Imagine by John Lennon for piano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN69peEd5RE).
The first part of the score for bass clef, uses two Cs. The opening note is a C, which is then kept pressed for rest of the bar, the rest of the bar is made up of rests and the C that is an octave higher.
As I am new to piano and music (8 lessons in), I asked a colleague how to write that on a score - I have attached his answer below.
So my question is, how do I use musescore to do this? If I try and add a semibreve to a bar with quavers it replaces all the quavers with a semibreve.
As an aside, in my score I am writing as if playing off middle C, but I have added notes to play an octave down just to make my life easier!
Any help would be appreciated
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Comments
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices-0
See the Handbook under Voices - that is the musical term for having multiple independent rhythms on the same staff.
This is what we call a case of multiple voices—see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices-0.
By the way, your friend did a nice job on that image. He even got the 8 below the bass clef! ;-)
EDIT: Three at once?!
In reply to This is what we call a case by Isaac Weiss
And good we don't contradict one another ;-)
In reply to This is what we call a case by Isaac Weiss
Perfect - worked a treat!
Thanks for quick replies.
I will tell my friend he did good!
If its not too cheeky can you tell me how to add the 8 below the bass clef please?
And once again many thanks!
In reply to Perfect - worked a by gony
From Advanced Palette: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/palettes
In reply to From Advanced Palette: by Shoichi
Excellent - again many thanks!
In reply to From Advanced Palette: by Shoichi
Although, that clef is used for the actual string bass instrument (acoustic or electric), not necessarily for piano. More commonly used to get the same effect (play one octave below written pitch) would be an octave line: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/octave-lines
In reply to Perfect - worked a by gony
Well, actually, the 8 below the bass clef is *not* normally used for piano music. Only a couple of instruments like the contrabass So it should *not* be used here - if you do, everything will sound an octave off. Also, not to nit pick, but since we are critiquing, the flags on the eighth notes are backwards :-)
EDIT: Geez, what is it today with the simultaneous replies?! :-)
In reply to Well, actually, the 8 below by Marc Sabatella
I will go with octave lines then - If I try and use Base clef with 8 below it - it then shifts all my current notes down one octave.
Cheers.
In reply to Well, actually, the 8 below by Marc Sabatella
Ah, the flags. Well spotted!
I think it's just that we're all so happy to be back on the forums after the holiday slow period. ;-)