<\/p>\n
First samples of graphic notation appeared as early as in the beginning of 15th century in the works of the Ars subtilior representatives. This music style is often called mannerism. Its authors presented the notes in the form of visual art, for example, the famous \u201cRondo\u201d by Baude Cordier notated in the shape of a heart.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
From the middle of the 20th century this phenomenon started to spread widely. George Crumb, an American composer, uses practically the same technique for his piano series, Macrocosmos, to better conform with the conception:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Still, more often graphics in notation serves a strictly practical purpose \u2013 gives the player an accurate direction about the nuances of performing it. For instance, in the \u201cThrenody to the Victims of Hiroshima\u201d by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki vibrato of the string section is written out in minute detail because vibrato is treated as the thematic material as any indication to the pitch of the sound is absent.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
In MagicScore Maestro 8 you can choose how exactly a wavy line should look like: how many waves it must have, what shape they must be, what should be the height and the thickness of the line. Let\u2019s see how to adjust these parameters.<\/p>\n
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- Activate Curve button on the Design panel
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/4.jpg\")
<\/li>\n - Draw a line in the corresponding place in the document with a mouse (press the mouse\u2019s left button and draw the line to the right and a little upwards)
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/5.jpg\")
<\/li>\n - \nOpen Properties panel (\u201cTools\u201d->\u201dPanels\u201d->\u201dProperties\u201d)
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/06-1.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nMouse click on the wavy line
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/7.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nIn Properties change the item Point count \u2013 try to double it as a test
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/08.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nBesides, you can open Line item in Parameters and change line parameters \u2013 color, style, thickness.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/09.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nAs a result, by setting the right parameters we have got lines that are similar to the original with the same wave number and amplitude as in the manuscript.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10.jpg\")
\n<\/p>\n\nThere is yet another type of line that is in great demand in modern notation \u2013 irregular (free) curved line in which the curves appear with various periodicity and on the arbitrary height. Let\u2019s enter a small fragment of the famous string quarter by Helmut Lachenmann \u201cGran torso\u201d.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/11.jpg\")
\n<\/p>\nAs we can see, the zigzag line here is the only information about what the viola should play. It makes the accuracy of its performance crucial.<\/p>\n
Before starting notation, we need to set up the document. First, make two staves (treble clef) and set the time signatures 2\/4 for the first measure, 4\/4 for the second, 5\/4 for the third.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/12.jpg\")
<\/p>\nHide unnecessary elements \u2013 braces, upper clef, time signature \u2013 with the Hide item on the Properties panel.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/13-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nWe also change the number of lines from the upper stave from 5 to 0 (\u201cData\u201d-> \u201dStave\u201d -> \u201cLine count\u201d)
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nNow we can turn to actual input.\n<\/p>\n
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- \nOpen Design panel, pick \u201cPicture\u201d tool and insert the viola clef from the original manuscript. You can draw it yourself but for now it\u2019s enough to just insert it as a picture. Tick Stretch and adapt the picture for our stave (for instance, width 20, height 60).
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15-1.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nMake horizontal dividers. On Design panel pick Line and with the mouse draw lines above, in the middle and at the bottom.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/htmlimage-16.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nThere is no problem is the lines turn curved. We can straighten them by highlighting them in turn and in the Property window set their type to Horizontal.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nThe lines are now horizontal but they begin and finish in different places \u2013 one is longer, the other shorter. Press Ctrl and mouse click on each line in turn to highlight all of them.Then enter the same coordinates X1 and X2 for all of them in Coordinates in Properties panel.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/18-1.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nTo add a dotted line, pick the corresponding line style on the Design panel, draw the line and again set its type to Horizontal in the Properties panel.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/19-1.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nFinally, draw arbitrary zigzag line. Switch the style from dotted to solid with Line style tool. Activate Polyline tool on the Design panel and draw a line from 1st to 2nd measure. In Properties panel set the Point count to 6. In Style window set the type of line to Arbitrary and with the mouse draw the curves to their positions as needed. There should be a line like this:
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nCombining Line and Polyline tools with setting the needed Point count each time, enter the viola part:
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/21.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nInput the cello part conventionally. We\u2019ll have to hide some of the note heads. Highlight the note and on Properties panel pick Head item and tick Hide.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/22.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nThrough hidden note heads draw lines with the same tool Line on Design panel. This part is almost done.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/23.jpg\")
\nTry to finish the notation on your own, adding accents and other markings above the notes. To input parentheses around the accents, use Text tool on Design panel.\n<\/li>\nA greater challenge are graphic parts where complex pictures offer to the performer a wide space for interpretation because they are a sort of visual metaphors of a sound. Often times these parts do not need a notation software and require more of a special graphic software. But what if in such part alongside pictures there are notes as well? MagicScore Maestro 8 allows you to freely combine graphic and notation software with the insert OLE object function. OLE object can be developed in a different graphic application and refreshed in the MagicScore\u2019s part in real-time.<\/p>\n
For example, take a small fragment from the famous graphic part of the American composer, Cornelius Cardew, \u201cTreatise\u201d:
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/24.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAs you can see, there are usual notes on 5-line stave in bass clef and a complex graphic joining of these notes for which we need a full-fledged graphic editor.<\/p>\n
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- \nCreate a document without a fixed time signature by deactivating it in the Data window.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/25.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nEnter notes you need as eights:
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/26.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nUnite all the notes under one beam, highlighting the last notes under the beam and pressing Ctrl+J, after that press Shift+arrow up to direct the stems upwards.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/27.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nEnlarge the central Fa note as in the original. Highlight it and on Properties panel in Scale field enter \u201c250\u201d.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nHide all the stems after this big-sized note. It\u2019s enough to highlight all the notes and press Hide stem in the Stem window on Properties panel. Add any note at the end and hide it together with the stem so that the horizontal beam goes on to the right:
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/htmlimage.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nChoose Ole object tool on Design panel and click in the beginning of the measure:
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/30.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n - \nPick an application from the list. The needed application should be previously installed to be displayed here. For this tutorial we are using Corel Draw and I recommend to use this one because not every graphic application works flawlessly with OLE technology.
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/31.jpg\")
\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFurther results depend on your skills to draw in vector graphic editor and teaching it is not included in this tutorial. Still there are a couple of work nuances you should be aware of. First, Corel Draw inserts only the area with at least one object present and automatically stretches it along the entire width. That is why the moment you add any line, it will immediately stretch along the entire width of the OLE object in MagicScore. But after adding the second object or editing the first one, the position of the objects in the page will shift at once as the picture size will have changed. So it is better to define the working area from the start. Stretch the object along the measure width simply drawing its corner with the mouse so that the whole measure would be \u201ccovered\u201d by the OLE object.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/32.jpg\")
<\/p>\nDraw the first arc. Use Ellipse tool with Arc button:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/33.jpg\")
<\/p>\nPress Ctrl+S to save the project, switch to MagicScore (Alt+Tab) and immediately see the following:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/34.jpg\")
<\/p>\nOur arc has encompassed all the space through. To define the \u201ccanvas\u201d size at once. I recommend using small hidden objects at the corners of the working area. For instance, add a couple of small ellipses at the left upper corner and right lower corner.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/35.jpg\")
<\/p>\nSave the result and check MagicScore Maestro\u2019s window \u2013 the arc turned to normal size.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/36.jpg\")
<\/p>\nNow there is only left changing the color of the corner ellipses to white – to make them invisible and we can start to draw: enlarge line\u2019s thickness, change the arc\u2019s angle, make a lot of copies of it each time making it slightly smaller, adjust the position of each arc for its end to touch the note. You can switch between the windows of these two programs or, better, open each one half-size to see both, and at each saving (Ctrl+S) in Corel Draw you will instantly see the image renewed in MagicScore Maestro.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/37.jpg\")
<\/p>\nAt the end you should have a similar picture:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.musicaleditor.com\/wp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/39.jpg\")
<\/p>\nSurely, this is just a part of the example. A person skilled in computer graphic can do much better than this. Try to finalize this fragment on your own.<\/p>\n
Graphics is used in music parts of modern composers in various proportions and purposes \u2013 some just give more detail of the method of performing, some completely define the pitch of the sound needed, or serve as a free visual metaphor of the piece of music. For each case MagicScore Maestro 8 has corresponding tools that allow an accurate and beautiful result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- \nCreate a document without a fixed time signature by deactivating it in the Data window.
- \nOpen Design panel, pick \u201cPicture\u201d tool and insert the viola clef from the original manuscript. You can draw it yourself but for now it\u2019s enough to just insert it as a picture. Tick Stretch and adapt the picture for our stave (for instance, width 20, height 60).