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Aim:
• Recreate a 16-bar score in 4 parts.
• Create 3 musical and audible edits.
• Print, save, close and retrieve your score.
Click Done.
The score must contain the same number of bars on each system as
your printed version.
Click on the bar line for bar 4 and hit Enter.
Do this for every 4 bars.
From here you can use shortcuts. The most efficient and accurate
way of inputting notes is using the following shortcuts on the
keyboard.
2 3 4 5 6 7
Hit the arrow forward key → to unhighlight the C# and move to the
next beat.
To move a pitch up an octave
Example
Flute – Bar 3 – The first note is the A on the first ledger line above the
stave.
When you input A it will be placed in the second space. Musescore
will place a pitch closest to the previous pitch.
Edit 1 - Tempo
To change the tempo:
Double click on the metronome marking.
Delete 100 and type in 70.
Click anywhere on the score to set the new metronome marking.
Playback to hear the change of tempo.
Edit 2 - Rhythm
To change the rhythm:
You will change the first crotchet in each part to a dotted crotchet.
Click on the first note in the flute part.
Press and hold the shift key.
Press arrow down key ↓ 3 times to highlight the first note in the
other 3 parts.
Print
Click on the Print Icon in the menu bar.
Tell the examiner that to print you would click on Print.
(You do not actually print the score in the exam, you just need to
show that you know how. Click on Cancel to come out of Print
option).
Save
To save your score click on File, click on Save As in the dropdown
menu, choose Desktop and click Save.
Print, Save, Close, Retrieve
Close
To close Musescore, click on File to open the dropdown menu.
Click on Close.
Retrieve
Go to the Desktop and double click on your Score.
Your score will reopen.
This will end your Music Technology portion of your practical exam.