Musescore in 10 Easy Steps: Part 9 Drum Parts

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The ninth in a series of 10 tutorial videos that show you how to use free notation program MuseScore.
MuseScore is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and can be downloaded from http://www.musescore.org

Video transcript available: http://www.musescoretips.com/2011/01/drum-parts/

This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
By Katie Wardrobe

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[cutiepiepuffy]

I want to write a piece that includes stomping, clapping ect. but i cant find the correct symbol anywhere!also what should do ifi want a note playing on top of the stomping? is there a solution?

[MuseScoreHowTo]

@cutiepiepuffy Sorry for the delay - in the Instruments window (press i to open it) there are some body percussion options (stamp, clap, finger snap etc) in the Unpitched Percussion section. Choosing one will give you a single line percussion stave. You can put the second part on a separate stave and both staves can be read by one player.

[rikusjoh]

@musescorehowto I want to write some snaredrum music. But how can a make a snaredrum part with woodblock in the same measure, without making the note's overlap eachother? Greetz from holland.

[MuseScoreHowTo]

@rikusjoh Sorry for the delay! You could do two things: 1. notate the two parts on two separate staves (ie. set up a snaredrum part and a woodblock part). Each will have its own single-line stave. The player can read both staves at once. 2. You could use the same stave for both instruments, but use separate voices (look up Voices in the online handbook). Keep the voices consistent and make sure that voice one stems always point up and voice 2 always point down. Option 1 probably the best though

[MuseScoreHowTo]

Thanks - glad it was helpful!

[StaticOnUrFrequency]

I can see the palette but theres nothing under drums...What do I do? O.o

[techmanaus]

@StaticOnUrFrequency When that happened to me, I had to select a bar in the instrument I wanted to enter notes into. It seemed to work after that.

[fodds]

Sorry, but I find entry of percussion parts in MuseScore very frustrating, by comparison with notation of other instruments. For your tutorial, please explain why you need to go to voice 2 to add the bass drum part but not for the snare drum part. MuseScore seems to have a mind of its own about voices when it comes to drum parts. Why not have a drum entry mode in MuseScore that assumes every new note clicked is intended to be added to existing patterns without any attempt at replacement?

[TheLostprophetzz]

I'm writing a drum set part and I can't insert a bass drum note on an e or uh without putting a note before it. Anyone know how to solve my problem?

[topkid1988]

Im attempting to write some snare music, but the single snare drum cannot seem to be able to play any faster than a quarter note?

[rubiksdude555]

ROLLS??? the tremolo fails on me!

[DemonOfLaziness]

I did what you said and it works just fine, but when I play it back, every note is VERY staccato. It doesn't sound as natural as the sound in the video. How do I fix this?

[BassicStorm]

pls help with articulattions and ornaments!

[jayhow92]

@StaticOnUrFrequency You have to click the measure, THEN press the "N" button. I just figured this out. The notes should appear. Hope this helps

[superturtle32796]

can you write marching snare parts? with things like diddles and sticking?

[rikusjoh]

@MuseScoreHowTo i tried what you said, but still it doesn't work. (option 2) I didn't use option 1 cause i dont want 2 separate staves. What i did was: make a new snaredrum and did edit 5 lines. I tried the different voices but it doesnt work. But yeah, its probiably my fault xD. (cant you make a vid of this kind of music notation?)

still thanks a lot