[VIHUELA] Re: Notation software recommendations

[Nelson, Jocelyn]

Thanks again, Ralf! 

I hope you don't mind if I forwarded your tablature tuning answer to John 
Griffiths, who is also working on the same sort of project with a singer. He 
downloaded MuseScore and had the same question. I think he is also happy to 
find out about this software.

Jocelyn


From: Ralf Mattes 
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:36 PM
To: Nelson, Jocelyn
Cc: Vihuelalist
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Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2017 17:04 CEST, "Nelson, Jocelyn"  
schrieb:

> Thanks so much, Ralf. I tried your advice and the tablature is just the way I 
> want it now.
> I'm sticking with this program because it's free and relatively easy;

And it's actually Oen Source and Free Software. Even better.

> at least I've figured it out and I'm almost done transcribing the first song. 
> I just ordered a numeric
> keypad for my laptop to make the tab entry faster.

Depending on how your brain is wired, you might not even need the numeric 
keypad - even with italian tab
MuseScore accepts letters to enter tab.
Another secret speed entry trick of mine: get a cheap midi keyboard, preferably 
with a few buttons (often
called "drum pads") and assign note value selection to those buttons. Together 
with a cheap (~ 15$) food pedal
attached to the midi keyboard (I use this to advance to the next chord in 
"manual real time input mode") this
makes for super-fast tab writing. Just one hint: the note->tab postition 
algorythm seems to work best when you
enter the notes of a chord from top to bottom (that's something I had to get 
usesd to).

It's also a good idea to read the printed manual "Mastering MuseScore", it's 
writen by one of the main
developers and that way you can support further develop,ment. Or even better: 
get your library to by
copy. Even so a lot of the Tab features are newer than the printed book (the 
curse of fast open source
development) there are a lot of great time savers to be found.

> Your many details below are greatly appreciated.

You're wellcome.

> And many thanks to everyone else on this list. Some of these recommended 
> programs are beautiful and I would like to explore them in the future.
>
> Best wishes and happy transcribing to all,
> Jocelyn

Thanks, same to you,

 Ralf Mattes




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[Ralf Mattes]

Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2017 17:04 CEST, "Nelson, Jocelyn"  
schrieb:

> Thanks so much, Ralf. I tried your advice and the tablature is just the way I 
> want it now.
> I'm sticking with this program because it's free and relatively easy;

And it's actually Oen Source and Free Software. Even better.

> at least I've figured it out and I'm almost done transcribing the first song. 
> I just ordered a numeric
> keypad for my laptop to make the tab entry faster.

Depending on how your brain is wired, you might not even need the numeric 
keypad - even with italian tab
MuseScore accepts letters to enter tab.
Another secret speed entry trick of mine: get a cheap midi keyboard, preferably 
with a few buttons (often
called "drum pads") and assign note value selection to those buttons. Together 
with a cheap (~ 15$) food pedal
attached to the midi keyboard (I use this to advance to the next chord in 
"manual real time input mode") this
makes for super-fast tab writing. Just one hint: the note->tab postition 
algorythm seems to work best when you
enter the notes of a chord from top to bottom (that's something I had to get 
usesd to).

It's also a good idea to read the printed manual "Mastering MuseScore", it's 
writen by one of the main
developers and that way you can support further develop,ment. Or even better: 
get your library to by
copy. Even so a lot of the Tab features are newer than the printed book (the 
curse of fast open source
development) there are a lot of great time savers to be found.

> Your many details below are greatly appreciated.

You're wellcome.

> And many thanks to everyone else on this list. Some of these recommended 
> programs are beautiful and I would like to explore them in the future.
>
> Best wishes and happy transcribing to all,
> Jocelyn

Thanks, same to you,

 Ralf Mattes





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[Nelson, Jocelyn]

Thanks so much, Ralf. I tried your advice and the tablature is just the way I 
want it now. I'm sticking with this program because it's free and relatively 
easy; at least I've figured it out and I'm almost done transcribing the first 
song. I just ordered a numeric keypad for my laptop to make the tab entry 
faster. Your many details below are greatly appreciated. 

And many thanks to everyone else on this list. Some of these recommended 
programs are beautiful and I would like to explore them in the future.

Best wishes and happy transcribing to all,
Jocelyn



From: Ralf Mattes 
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 12:58 PM
To: Ralf Mattes
Cc: Nelson, Jocelyn; Vihuelalist
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Silly me, I forgot to answer your question. To change the string tuning, go to 
the 'Staff Properties' dialog,
all the way at the bottom you'll find 'Number of strings' and next to that a 
button labled 'Edit string data'.
Once you click that you find a dialog where you can remove strings and change 
their pitch (admittedly not
the most intuitive dialog).
I pays off if you do this once and use that file as a template.

Cheers, RalfD

Am Montag, 24. Juli 2017 18:48 CEST, "Ralf Mattes"  
schrieb:

>
> Am Montag, 24. Juli 2017 16:49 CEST, "Nelson, Jocelyn"  
> schrieb:
>
> > Thanks so much for this, Ralf! I went ahead and downloaded it and have been 
> > trying it out. I like it so far.
> >
> > One question: Do the tablatures (I'm using the uke tab for my renaissance 
> > 4-course) have a feature to change the tuning? The uke tab is actually 
> > perfect, except it's upside down for Fuenllana's tablature.
> >
>
> This is why I'd rather use one of the lute tabs as a starting point (you need 
> to select 'Early music'  from the
> drop-down menu in the 'Instruments' dialog (Instruments >> Early music  >> 
> Plucked Strings).
> Then, after adding  a lute staff but still on that dialog, select 'Tab. 
> 6-str. Italian' from the drop down menu all the
> way on the right side (under 'Staff type).
>
> Next, in the score, right-click on the staff. From the popup menu, select 
> 'Staff Properties ...'. In that dialog you can
> change the number of staff lines (all the way at the top under Tablature 
> 'Lines'). Next, select 'Advanced Style Properties'
> (button under the staff line color box).  This will open another dialog where 
> you can customize the tab style.
> For Fuenllana you woud select: Fret marks - 'Upside down', the 'MuseScore Tab 
> Renaiss', 'On lines', 'Numbers'.
> On the 'Note Values' tab, select 'MuseScore Font Italian' . That should give 
> you a pretty good starting point.
>
> HTH, Ralf Mattes
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