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Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Hey there!
Im trying to make a Lead Sheet from a midi where the melody (voice) track is not one track, but on two tracks (staves, I think you call them). I suppose this is common for "duet" songs, such as ones sung by McCartney & Jackson, Cocker & Warnes, Mathis & Williams - and so on. I don't seem to ba able to find any information as to how to include BOTH tracks into the lead sheet. At the moment I can produce a lead sheet with either voices - and blank bars when the other track is playing - but not with both voices in the one lead sheet. I wonder how people manage if there's a "Boyband" with many voices involved...? Thanks for any help Cheers Scooter |
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Re: Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Hi Scooter,
Why not a standard score with two staves? Alternatively a “Boyband” or even a “Girlband” or any choir can use a system with four staves called SATB, meaning Soprano, Alto(Contralto), Tenor, Bass. Composer works with any system structure. Herbert |
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Re: Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Why not? Well, it wouldn't then be a Lead Sheet - which is what I'd prefer.
I don't really need or want a SATB sheet, thanks all the same. Naturally, I'm interested to know IF and HOW it's possible to mark which tracks are melody tracks - in some way - for a lead sheet. If it's NOT possible, then at least I'd know. Cheers Scooter |
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Re: Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Hi Scooter,
If you wish to use one staff only, simply notate two voices on the same staff. As for the text, you could write the text for voice 1 as verse 1 and the text for the voice 2 as the second verse below it. If there are several verses, you could apply formatting to the text in various ways. Herbert |
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Re: Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Eh? Do what? Writing verses? Texts?
I'm using the built-in function to produce (transcribe) a lead sheet from a midi - there aren't any words in the midi, neither do I want to produce any words. All I'd like to know is - does the built-in function have the possibility of assigning 2 (or more) tracks to enable a continuous and unbroken lead sheet single melody staff line - or not. If so, how to use the function. I'm NOT interested in other possibilities of "adding" things that I have no need of - please try to answer the question that was asked and not come with suggestions or interpretations that have no relevance to the context of the original question. Cheers Scooter |
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Re: Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Hi Scooter,
Herbert is a long-time user of Notation Composer, and therefore knows a lot of things that may not be obvious to a new user, and which a new user may find helpful. I do that myself Notation Composer is quite feature-rich, but with a fairly clean interface, so it's not all out there overwhelming you with all the goodness under the hood, so to speak. To get a single staff for creating a Fakebook Lead Sheet, you can: 1. Use the Staff/Merge command and merge the two staves that have the notes you want for the lead sheet. 2. (Optional if you want to differentiate the two singers/voices). After you've merged the two staves to get all the notes on one staff, then go through and select the notes (you can click-drag across multiple notes at a time), and then choose one of the vocalists to be "Upper voice" and the other one to be "Lower voice". You'll find those buttons to the far right on the Notes and Rests/Notes tool palette. At this stage you can add lyrics (typical for a Fakebook Lead Sheet) if you want. 3. Now you can run Part/Prepare Fakebook Lead Sheet, and select the merged staff you created above as the Melody staff. Enjoy! Sherry
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Re: Notation Composer - Lead Sheet from Midi with 2 Melody Tracks (Duet)??
Another thought...
You can also use the Part/Display or Define a Part to create your own Fakebook-With-Two-Staves if you want to. Just click the "Add a part", give it a name, select the two (or more) staves you want in the part, and you're set. If you want chord names, you'll need to use Text/Chord names/Analyze chord names yourself - that's usually done automatically in the Part/Prepare wizard. ttfn, Sherry
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