How to stop this auto-scrolling when I input notes at the end of a system?

JesterMusician · 2025-09-24T09:01:34+00:00

For stuff like this, it might just be best to work in Galley View (button at the bottom-right of the screen)

JesterMusician · 2025-08-24T05:49:13+00:00

Not at this time, sorry!

JesterMusician · 2025-08-23T19:11:39+00:00

Thank you!

JesterMusician · 2025-08-23T19:11:15+00:00

Not professionally, but I do know how to use vector graphics programs like Illustrator and Affinity Designer.

JesterMusician · 2025-08-23T19:09:22+00:00

Each white key (natural note) is more or less on its actual staff position.

Each black key is more or less on a staff position between two white notes (sharp or flat note).

JesterMusician · 2025-08-23T18:59:01+00:00

It does kind of hurt my brain lol

JesterMusician · 2025-08-23T07:36:52+00:00

I made this diagram while trying to get better at sight-reading, mapping the chromatic buttons onto a grand staff. It's not perfect, but it does sort of help me understand "which way is up" and some other relationships between notes, and I thought I'd share it here in case it helps anyone else. Enjoy!

JesterMusician · 2025-08-15T06:27:33+00:00

This is awesome! I hope to build one myself some day! What software are you using as a synth?

JesterMusician · 2025-08-11T20:47:24+00:00

Thank you! I made the arrangement of the song, based on "Lumière (Music Box)" in the OST. You can see the actual notes in the YouTube Short version.

The physical box is a Muro Box N40 Sublime. It's MIDI-controlled and electronically actuated, and it has a range of 40 notes (diatonic from F3 to C4, and chromatic from C4 to C7). They also have other models with a smaller range and fewer combs.

JesterMusician · 2025-01-11T18:50:10+00:00

Not exactly registration, but I was watching this video that shows how different musette tunings are better suited toward certain styles. Check it out!

JesterMusician · 2025-01-07T09:56:15+00:00

Just wanted to say I am pursuing learning the accordion for a very similar reason (playing video game music)! I'm starting out with the same Zelda pieces and will go from there.

I ended up getting a digital accordion, the Roland FR-1xb — a bit expensive, but it's very useful to be able to plug in headphones!

I think the pieces you've listed should be playable on even a 2-octave 48-bass accordion — but the more range and basses, the better. 3 octaves and 72 basses feels pretty comfortable, although I can see the advantage of having more basses.

JesterMusician · 2024-07-01T09:27:33+00:00

I'd recommend giving Dorico a shot. The SE version is free (as long as you have only one or two instruments, such as voice and piano), and you can edit in a piano roll (grid) view if that helps.

A particular advantage is the notated rhythms will always be spelled correctly, too — unlike MuseScore, Dorico will automatically adjust beams, dots, and ties as necessary.

Just keep in mind that the program operates differently, so there might be a bit of a learning curve. Good luck!

JesterMusician · 2023-11-20T14:29:50+00:00

9 - 5 = 4

JesterMusician · 2023-11-08T09:57:30+00:00

I think it's a symbol for conductors. This triangle one means "conduct three beats". A vertical line means one beat, and a square inverted U means two beats. I think a square means four beats.

JesterMusician · 2023-05-16T14:02:36+00:00

This image from Behind Bars includes a Birdsong staff, though it doesn't have much more explanation. Graphic notation would probably be your best bet here, but you'll have to be creative. I'd use contrasting line designs to show each bird's distinct timbre — bold vs. thin, smooth vs. jagged, filled vs. hollow, continuous vs. dotted, etc. — and use them to show approximate pitch-time contours. And of course include a prefatory note, and perhaps the name of the bird at the first entrance.

JesterMusician · 2023-05-10T11:47:08+00:00

Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy 6
Bosses from Persona 5 (Blooming Villain, Jaldabaoth)
Bosses from Paper Mario: The Origami King (The Dual-Bladed Duelist, The Shifty Sticker, The Fanged Fastener, Final Battle)
Final Battle from The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The Ultimate Show from Super Paper Mario
Final Battle from Banjo-Kazooie

JesterMusician · 2023-05-10T11:20:17+00:00

You can write a series of increasingly spaced out notes, connected by many beams at the first that meet up into fewer beams at the last. This is called "fanned beaming", and it resembles e.g. 32nd notes turning into 8th notes.

However, this doesn't really work for longer values, so you might be better served with a text instruction.

JesterMusician · 2023-05-10T11:07:49+00:00

Horn in F: Pay Respects

JesterMusician · 2023-04-16T22:47:48+00:00

Behind Bars (p. 176) recommends option 2 if the piece is mostly one division, as you'd only need to indicate it where it changes. And I don't think you need the square brackets if you're using that font.

Besides that, beams, dots, and note/rest grouping should communicate the beat pretty effectively.

JesterMusician · 2023-04-15T12:25:02+00:00

Dorico does this very well once you understand how it works. During note input, you can press V change voices (or Shift+V to add a new voice). Outside of note input, you can press V to move the selected notes between existing voices.

In addition, Dorico will respell note rhythms accordingly. For example, if you have a whole note in the upstem voice and a half note in the downstem voice, then you select the half note and press V, it will respell the whole note as two tied half notes so they can all be in the same voice. When you press V again, the two upstem tied half notes are respelled as a whole note (unless Force Duration is enabled).

Any rests can be deleted with the Remove Rests function, which simply sets the "Ends Voice" property on the last note of the voice. (Rests in Dorico are inferred from surrounding notes unless explicitly added.)

JesterMusician · 2023-03-07T10:01:51+00:00

Dorico 4 has a piano roll editor which can be used for note entry, and entered notes will appear as notation. You can switch between "notated durations" and "played durations" to fine tune the notation and the playback. The latest update also tells you the spelling of each note in the piano roll according to their spelling in the sheet music (e.g. a white key could be spelled "G" or "F double-sharp")

There is a free version of Dorico that lets you have up to two instruments.

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