Hi folks,
I am new to noteworthy composer. Everything is quite clear for me, but I can't figure out how to place a whole note(say a C) and a quarter note(say E) on the same vertical line(on the same staff). I know how to make a chord (with CRTL-ENTER) but this only works for notes with the same duration.
Please help me :)
Thanks in advance
Piet
You can combine a whole note and a quarter note to form a split stem chord. Simply add the second note as a chord member. The resulting chord will behave like the smaller duration note when it comes to play back sequencing and print alignment and formatting.
For advanced multi-voicing needs, you can also use staff layering (see faq #24 (http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/faq/24.htm)).
Keep an eye on the stem directions when you enter notes. Press Shift-Up or Shift-Down repeatedly to see what I mean.
When there is no default stem direction, entering a chord in this way works without a problem:
1 Enter Up Up 3 Ctrl-Enter
but this works, too:
3 Enter Up Up 1 Ctrl-Enter
But if StemUp is active, it will not. Remember that a whole note has a stem direction, even if it does not have a stem.
Thanks a lot, I did the job with layering. But I think it is not a nice sollution because now I have to set serveral properties like dynamics for two layers at a time, although conceptually it is one layer(a piano righthand).
Maybe something for the new version :)
Piet
Given your original question, you probably did not need to use layering.
Well Mr Weatherman, you can enter the notes as you wish! Have you tried my suggestion? It does not need layering, and it saves you the double administration. (Sorry - don't speak Frisian)
Aaaah thanks a lot Rob... that StemUp was the thing that prohibited me to make the chord of notes with different duration. Now I can throw away the extra staff... btw take some lessons in Frisian it is such a beautifull language :)
You are not Piet Paulusma who is featuring this week on the cover of the NCRV Guide? Anyway, glad to be able to help.
No i'm not, but I hate it when people search for my my real name in google and find my postings :)
Hello people,
I have a similar problem like Piet, only my problems is with rests.
Say I would like to let 3 people sing in different heights and starting on different counts in one measure. So singer no. 1 starts with a whole note on count 1 (of 4/4) lets say a C, singer 2 has 2 counts rest and then a half note (say an E), and singer 3 has 3 counts rest and then a quarternote (say a G). The problem I run into is that I cant build a chord with notes and rests so that the rests are visible.....
Has anyone a clue how to do this; eg. does anyone know what I mean :-)
Thanks for any help, greatly appreciated!!
Jan
Chording rests and notes is no problem. Start with the rest (and keep in mind that open notes _and_ rests have a stem direction!) and now add the note with Ctrl-Enter.
What you want cannot be done, I think, on one bar. You will have to use layering, and with layering it is no problem at all. What you can do is this: start with half a rest, then chord it with a whole note (c in your example), then enter a quarter note that is tied to another quarter note (e), and chord this last note with a g. It sounds the way you want it to sound. But layering looks prettier.
You might be able to do some of this using rests in chords, with a stem up
setting and notes stem down, but it doesn't seem to work when with a quarter rest and a quarter note. If I recall, rests in a chord have to be smaller than the notes, so I didn't play around a lot with it to try to get it to work.
I can think of two ways to achieve your goal:
1/ Use a text based quarter rest sign found in various user fonts available on the Scriptorium;
or, much quicker/easier,
2/ Try 3 layered staffs, adjusting the vertical position of the rests to get them out of the way.
Sorry, Rob, your message wasn't up when I wrote mine. Didn't mean to intrude.
Our answers both help, I think. Intrusion (if any) no problem. Let's see if we have been able to help Jan.