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Old 02-23-2016, 09:42 AM   #401
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Guitar tab would be great

I hope you get your wish eventually. But traditional notation is a language spoken by virtually all western instruments - eg a flautist can write music a guitarist can understand and play - whereas tabulature is solely a means for guitarists to speak to guitarists (ok, a handful of other fretted instruments too). Although a good score editor would be a good startiing point for development of a tab editor, in point of fact tab isn't strictly speaking a musical language but a graphic gestural language, in that the symbols don't describe sounds but finger positions - tuning to eg DADGAD radically changes the notes produced - so I'd imagine it'd probably best be handled with it's own FR and thread. Just my $.02.

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Old 02-23-2016, 10:10 AM   #402
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Please offer up any suggestions for percussion notation.
Single line percussion or staff line PLEASE



With rhythm slash option too

For rhythms!



A list of rudiments to paste in would be fantastic!

Here is one example


http://vicfirth.com/five-stroke-roll-2/

More info
http://www.freedrumlessons.com/drum-...-rudiments.php





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Old 02-23-2016, 10:11 AM   #403
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Rhythm slashes

These


And these


YESYESYESYESYES Y E S!!!!! Essential IMO

In my dreams we could also have the staircase symbol and diamonds?
(for the Nashville numbers system)
Agreed guys!
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Old 02-23-2016, 10:38 AM   #404
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Tab is a bigger problem than some may realize. Take getting from that score to that line of tab: how does the tab editor know you want that first note played on G string second fret as opposed to D string seventh fret or A string 12th fret? What about when you're in DADGAD tuning?

It's do-able, but it's non-trivial to do something useful (unless you're content with an editor that produces completely bogus tab). You'll need an addressable translation layer between the midi and the display before you can generate anything useful.
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Old 02-23-2016, 11:21 AM   #405
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Well if we're going to have percussion and tab I'm sure you'll all agree that, for completeness, it is essential to include Benesh movement notation.


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Old 02-23-2016, 01:16 PM   #406
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Tab is a bigger problem than some may realize. Take getting from that score to that line of tab: how does the tab editor know you want that first note played on G string second fret as opposed to D string seventh fret or A string 12th fret? What about when you're in DADGAD tuning?

It's do-able, but it's non-trivial to do something useful (unless you're content with an editor that produces completely bogus tab). You'll need an addressable translation layer between the midi and the display before you can generate anything useful.



Reverse the process then. I would have the input directly from the tab. The notation will know where to put it.
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Old 02-23-2016, 01:33 PM   #407
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Reverse the process then. I would have the input directly from the tab. The notation will know where to put it.
I'm not a coder myself but at a glance this does seem a lot more feasible (assuming standard tuning). Let's get a solid notation editor happening first, everything will depend on that.
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Old 02-23-2016, 01:37 PM   #408
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Never have got on with Tab since I started with traditional notation and transcribing it rather than V/V
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Old 02-23-2016, 03:10 PM   #409
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I used GuitarPro quite a bit. Since MuseScore has added its TAB (v2) I use that exclusively, it's a really elegantly simple solution. I can do Ukulele, mandolin or alt tuned guitar tab more easily than with GP.

This is only for beginner/intermediate teaching material, or simplified scores though, for high levels of detail and advanced articulation Guitar Pro is the best.

As kerry said, get the basic notation right first. (Which I think must include percussion)

Articulation linking <=> two way between MIDI data (CC and/or Keyswitch) and Notation is going to be a way more important, and needs to be up and running before releasing this to the great unwashed.

If that can't be done then remove all articulations and dynamics markings before release. My 2 cents, having worked with the class of musician who only understand 'dots' and are incapable of learning the most elementary aspects of computing, digital audio and acoustics.

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Old 02-23-2016, 03:18 PM   #410
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stupid question - but how do I select a specific accidental sharp/flat contrary to the right click 'accidental + default sharp/flat' ??
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Old 02-23-2016, 04:40 PM   #411
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stupid question - but how do I select a specific accidental sharp/flat contrary to the right click 'accidental + default sharp/flat' ??
If that menu only shows one option, it should mean that the non-default accidental won't work in the specific key signature. Are you seeing only one option in a situation where the non-default should work?
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Old 02-23-2016, 05:09 PM   #412
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I don't have any "key" selected - but not sure that matters. I'm wanting to select the enharmonic equivalent not constrained by key.

So be able to chose G# or Ab for example.

For example the D7 chord seeing F# makes more sense, but in the Abm7 the flats do.





I can see that would be problematic if the data is just coming from midi w/o any other data to indicate the choice. It's more of a choice based on the appropriateness of the note for the score.
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Old 02-23-2016, 05:42 PM   #413
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Do you mean this? Or something different?




.. or maybe you mean, how to convert an F natural into an F sharp. Just drag it up with the mouse (with the "key" checkbox disabled, or using the mouse modifier "move note vertically ignoring key" (shift+ctrl+alt by default)), or use an action like "Edit: move note up one semitone" (ctrl+uparrow by default).
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Old 02-23-2016, 06:06 PM   #414
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Do you mean this? Or something different?
Yes! How'd you do that? I don't have that in b8 - must not have the latest version beta...

downloaded 9beta = yes

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Old 02-23-2016, 06:12 PM   #415
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I think I see - I was clicking on a note w/o a accidental and expecting to enter (select) the sharp/flat. But how it works is if you HAVE a sharp you can change it to a flat (or the other way around).

Works great - user error.

Its a mindset from a score program like muscore where you enter the notes, then select (add) the #/b vs the more graphical (better, less mousing) REAPER way.

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Old 02-24-2016, 11:39 AM   #416
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Action: Hide/Show note or rest. Option: Show/Hide hidden
I think it would be very useful and help clean up the score. . Thanks!
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Old 02-24-2016, 01:56 PM   #417
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Please don't get me wrong, I really love all the efforts put into the new notation view, but for some reason I find it hard to use. I would really prefer Reaper displayed less details, especially the 32th rests and collisions when you open the notations view make things a bit complex.
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Old 02-24-2016, 02:14 PM   #418
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The next build should have some improvements with respect to display quantization, to prevent showing short rests, and also a somewhat wider aspect ratio by default. Note that you can change the aspect ratio (how wide each measure is, relative to how tall it is) via control+mousewheel by default, the same action that vertically zooms elsewhere.
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Old 02-24-2016, 02:16 PM   #419
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I think it's looking GREAT already!
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Old 02-24-2016, 02:49 PM   #420
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I think it's looking GREAT already!
Ditto. It's almost certainly going to be the best notation editor in any DAW - it's pretty close already. The fact that most DAW developers focus only on mouse entry and neglect keyboard input while Reaper provides a fantastic amount of control via both puts it ahead of the competition and makes it very close to a score-writer within a DAW.
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Old 02-24-2016, 03:01 PM   #421
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Agreed
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Old 02-24-2016, 04:52 PM   #422
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Sibelius note assignment for GM Drums
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Old 02-24-2016, 05:59 PM   #423
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Sibelius note assignment for GM Drums
Thanks - that could be a problematic reference from the viewpoint of stem direction because it uses the regular-notation-based convention of "stems up above middle-line B"; in drum set notation, notes played with the hands normally go stems up, and those played with the foot, stems down.
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Default Keysig formatting improved in pre9

Thanks, keysigs look a lot nicer now.

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Old 02-24-2016, 06:22 PM   #425
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Is it time for a dedicated percussion notation thread yet to collect up all the info into one place?
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Old 02-24-2016, 07:08 PM   #426
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Hi devs, just a comment from my side. looking at all notation rendering from Reaper and comparing it to Finale, Muse 2.0, and others in general the "note" font seems to be a bit more inelegant in REaper. Specifically I found one main difference: the STEM of the notes is a bit too thick if compared to the others that show a much thinner line.

I understand you may file this comment as "minor" but it all goes about readibility which eventually is the final and most important reason to produce notation, isn't it?

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I think the notes will look prettier if the horizontal beams are noticeably thicker than the stems.
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Old 02-24-2016, 07:17 PM   #427
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I think the notes will look prettier if the horizontal beams are noticeably thicker than the stems.
I kind of like that idea, that's how I draw them myself.
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Old 02-25-2016, 01:46 AM   #428
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The next build should have some improvements with respect to display quantization, to prevent showing short rests, and also a somewhat wider aspect ratio by default. Note that you can change the aspect ratio (how wide each measure is, relative to how tall it is) via control+mousewheel by default, the same action that vertically zooms elsewhere.
Thanks Schwa, will try that tip, really would love to get deeper into it, maybe I'm just a little too used to other editors for now, anyway, thanks for all the efforts!
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Ditto. It's almost certainly going to be the best notation editor in any DAW - it's pretty close already. The fact that most DAW developers focus only on mouse entry and neglect keyboard input while Reaper provides a fantastic amount of control via both puts it ahead of the competition and makes it very close to a score-writer within a DAW.
Well, it's certainly a great leep for a first release, but for me I'll need to get used to it a little more.

Is there a possibility to have the same (or close) toolbars like in other editors (Cubase and Sibelius)? I remember Schwa saying this is possible, but why not making some general basic ones already for the first release ? Or at least the most used, I'm sure people who are used to other editors might not know from the beginning how to make their own ones, and even if I used Reaper since a few years, I feel limited to that aspect too. thanks

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Question about the natural symbol:

I'm in C major here. Why are there natural symbols at the beginning of the bar? A new bar should always start with the accidentals defined by the key signature, shouldn't it?

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Ditto. It's almost certainly going to be the best notation editor in any DAW - it's pretty close already. The fact that most DAW developers focus only on mouse entry and neglect keyboard input while Reaper provides a fantastic amount of control via both puts it ahead of the competition and makes it very close to a score-writer within a DAW.
I just wish it was more intuitive, for now I'm a bit lost without any toolbars, tried to follow since the beginning, but for some reason am missing some features.
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Yeah it would be awesome to have a specific toolbar context for notation editor view (just like we have one for the Event List). Perhaps even multiple toolbars for notation editor, so we can swap between them depending on what we want to work with.
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Yeah it would be awesome to have a specific toolbar context for notation editor view (just like we have one for the Event List). Perhaps even multiple toolbars for notation editor, so we can swap between them depending on what we want to work with.
Yes that would be great and would help people coming from other editors too, right now it's a bit like a goldmine without an easy access

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Question about the natural symbol:

I'm in C major here. Why are there natural symbols at the beginning of the bar? A new bar should always start with the accidentals defined by the key signature, shouldn't it?
Yes, that's not right. I can't reproduce it though, can you provide steps to do so?
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This seems like a bug (v5.20 pre10). Steps to reproduce:

1. Create something like this:



All notes are automatically assigned to their default clef, but we want one of the duplicated notes (middle C) to move to the treble clef in place of its' default position in the bass clef, so:

2. Right-click on a duplicated middle C and select Clef>Treble. The note is correctly reassigned to the treble clef thus:



BUT...

3. Close the Notation/MIDI editor and then reopen it.

4. The same note has returned to its' original default assigned position in the bass clef!

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Old 02-25-2016, 07:34 AM   #436
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Default Accidentals collision in chords

(5.20 pre10) Accidentals collide when notating chords with multiple accidentals, making them unreadable. Example:



Schwa, you may of course already be aware of this, but Elaine Gould's "Behind Bars" is an excellent reference for this kind of thing. I know the MuseScore developers use it as their main reference for notation conventions. In particular, pages 87-91 discuss conventions for accidental placement in chords of various configurations.

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Schwa, you may of course already be aware of this, but Elaine Gould's "Behind Bars" is an excellent reference for this kind of thing. I know the MuseScore developers use it as their main reference for notation conventions. In particular, pages 87-91 discuss conventions for accidental placement in chords of various configurations.
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Elaine Gould's book is the gold standard (no pun intended) for engraving and notation; the best and most comprehensive book in its field by a long stretch.
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is it going to be too much to ask to have a print command from the piano roll in notation view? lol
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>>Elaine Gould's book is the gold standard (no pun intended) for engraving and notation; the best and most comprehensive book in its field by a long stretch.

All 704 pages of it!!

But yeah, as a reference it looks great.
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is it going to be too much to ask to have a print command from the piano roll in notation view? lol
If you had followed the thread from the start, you would have seen schwa saying not in 5.20, but it will be coming later.
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