#Musescore percussion how to
#Musescore percussion full

So with this background, I will shortly point you at the demo for which I've created the attached Musescore track - but the first thing you will discover is that I'm not a musician. My idea, rather, is to synchronize to some music which is at the same time so elemental, but also so ultra-sophisticated, that it can be repeated at length - and which, if listened to with fresh ears, in fact sounds like the workings of some fantastic machine! I refer, of course, to African percussion music, and with this 'World Masters' track ( ) as a supreme example.

#Musescore percussion how to

And why? Because Calder - like everyone who has come after him - was never able to solve the problem of how to create some appeal on the part of a deterministic mechanical entity, and hence the attraction for him of the wind-driven mobile, with its random motion.įool that I am, I'm now throwing myself at the same problem, and I think part of the solution might be music - but not just any music! Yes, I've had a video of one my pieces which was synchronized after the fact to a pre-recorded piano track ( ), but this is ultimately problematical: on the one hand, as we both know, almost any movement can be given some gravitas - i.e., the dancing hippos in Disney's 'Fantasia'! - if synchronized to beautiful music, but such music cannot be repeated over and over without ill effect. What's really interesting about this, however, is that Calder's degree was in mechanical engineering, and he was in fact experimenting with electric motor-powered sculpture before switching his allegiance to the mobile. I'm a kinetic sculptor and techno-art theorist (and actually becoming pretty well known in the latter field - see my position paper here: ) and of course as soon as people hear the term 'kinetic sculpture', they immediately think of Alexander Calder and his wind-driven mobiles.

#Musescore percussion full

The square button takes the score into full screen.Marc, I'll point you at my Musescore demo in a moment - but first, let me give you some background. The magnifying glass icon to adjust the scale. The note icon enables the keyboard at the bottom of the page and highlights the required keys during playback. The transposition button to transpose a score to any key (available only in the MuseScore mobile app or in the notation software). Playback speed allows you to slow down or speed up the playback from 50% to 200% speed. It allows you to mute or solo parts of different instruments. Mixer is similar to the MuseScore software's Mixer. The loop button allows you to select a range of bars that will be highlighted and repeated until you stop playback. Rewind button to go back to the beginning. This feature can help you to learn how to play a score. The keyboard icon switches on the piano roll mode which reflects notes as horizontal bars and indicates their pitch, duration, the required keys, and bar number.