'Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly'

Messages in this thread

Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice cho... - PianoBrain1, 27 Jan 03:49AM
     Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - Mike Lyons, 27 Jan 07:24AM
         Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - PianoBrain1, 27 Jan 02:34PM
             Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - Robin Walker, 27 Jan 03:07PM
                 Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - PianoBrain1, 27 Jan 03:43PM
                     Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - PianoBrain1, 29 Jan 05:43PM

Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly
Posted by PianoBrain1 - 27 Jan 03:49AM
I work with a lot of piano music, and sometimes I come upon a chord where I want to select some notes, then press some shortcut and have those notes "move" to the other staff. If the other staff already has notes in that time position in the same voice, the moving notes are "added" to what's there.

For instance, if I have CEG chord in the top staff (Right hand), and I might want C and E to show up in the bottom staff (Left Hand). And if bottom staff already has an A in the same spot, I now get ACE chord.

Is there a way to do it with a single shortcut (some plugin I have overlooked), perhaps?

Thanks,
a1
Back to top | All threads
 
Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly
Posted by Mike Lyons - 27 Jan 07:24AM
Using the number keys on the top row of your keyboard, in the instance you quote, select the A then press 3 twice. That's about as short as you will get.

--
1.6GHz Intel i7 Quad core, Win 7 Pro (x64), 8GB, 7TB HDD, Scarlett 6i6, Sib 6.2, 7.1.3, 7.5 EWQLSO Plat, Miroslav Phil, NotePerformer, Harmony Asst, EWQLSC, GPO, COMB2
Si me castigare vis, necesse est me intellexisse.
Back to top | All threads
 
Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly
Posted by PianoBrain1 - 27 Jan 02:34PM
Well, I still would need to delete the notes in the other staff, too...
Also, my notes actually have note on velocities which I want to preserve.

Yeah, it seems like writing own plugin is the only option here.

i.e.,
-select the notes I want to move manually
-execute MoveNotesToOtherPianoStaff.plg through a shortcut

(I wish there was an existing one, I could just tweak slightly.)

Back to top | All threads
 
Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly
Posted by Robin Walker - 27 Jan 03:07PM (edited 27 Jan 03:15PM)
Try this to see if it works for you:

- select the notehead(s) you wish to move;
- Cut (Ctrl-X);
- click and then shift-click the note/chord to which you wish to move them (so as to make a blue passage selection);
- "Paste into Voice" into a spare Voice number;
- select the newly created notehead(s) and use the keypad (or Alt-number key) to change their Voice to the required one;
- that should merge the new notes with the existing ones.

--
Sibelius 7.5.1/7.1.3/6.2/5.2.5, PhotoScore Ult 7.0.2, Dolet 6.3 for Sibelius, Windows 7 32-bit SP1 4GB, Windows 8.1 64-bit 16GB.
Back to top | All threads
 
Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly
Posted by PianoBrain1 - 27 Jan 03:43PM
Thanks for the Paste as Voice tip.
Back to top | All threads
 
Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice chord to another staff quickly
Posted by PianoBrain1 - 29 Jan 05:43PM
Here is my idea for the plugin:

-Copy all parameters of the selected notes
-Delete the notes from their staff.
-Choose the "other staff": use the one that's below the one where the selected notes were if there are no more staffs above (i.e., the staff is at the very top), or vice versa.
-Generate the saved notes in the chosen staff in voice 4. (This means that it probably won't work if I have complex music with all 4 voices).
-Delete all Voice 4 rests.
-Select the generated notes (this allows the user to quickly press Alt-1,2 etc), if it makes sense to "Add them to the existing voices".
-End plugin

Does that make sense as the basic outline?
Back to top | All threads
 

Quick reply

To add a reply to the end of this thread, type it below, then click Reply.

(.sib, .png and .jpg only)

Messages in this thread

Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice cho... - PianoBrain1, 27 Jan 03:49AM
     Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - Mike Lyons, 27 Jan 07:24AM
         Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - PianoBrain1, 27 Jan 02:34PM
             Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - Robin Walker, 27 Jan 03:07PM
                 Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - PianoBrain1, 27 Jan 03:43PM
                     Re: Sib. 7.5: Moving one note in a single voice... - PianoBrain1, 29 Jan 05:43PM