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Welcome to MuseScore tutorial 9 Note entry for drum set parts is a little different to note entry for other instruments This tutorial will cover entering drum set parts with a mouse. When you set up your score, it's very
important to choose a drum set stave so that MuseScore will playback drum set sounds
later on when we add in notes I'm going to create a basic rock pattern today so I'll choose the 5-line drumset stave A basic drum set pattern is usually made up of 2 rhythmically independent parts: The hi-hat and snare drum are in Voice 1, with stems pointing up and the bass drum is in Voice 2, with the stems pointing down We'll start by entering the hi-hat part Select the bar and then press N to enter note entry mode Next, select the rhythmic value of the first hi-hat note – a quaver from the toolbar at the top here Open the drum palette by clicking on the word Drums If you can't see these Palettes down the left-hand side of your screen go to Display – Palette Each of the items here in the drum palette represents a specific notehead and sound for the drum set stave I'm going to select the closed hi-hat Click in the bar to create the first note and then keep entering notes until you have a
total of 8 quavers (or 8th notes) It doesn't really matter where you click on the stave MuseScore knows that you are entering a hi-hat part and will always place it in the correct position on the top of stave Press the Escape key on your computer keyboard twice when you've finished to exit note entry mode and to de-select the last note you entered Next we'll enter the Snare part I want the snare on the 2nd and 4th beats in the bar.
First, I'll select beat 2 and press N to enter note entry mode again Next, I'll make sure the quaver is still selected on the toolbar and then I'll choose the acoustic snare drum from the Drum Palette Click on beat 2 to create the first note and then click again on beat 4 to create the second snare drum note. Press Escape twice when you've finished. Lastly, we want to add the bass drum part on
beat 1 and beat 3 in the bar Select the first note in the bar and press N. This time however, I want to write the bass drum notes
into Voice 2, and not into Voice 1 so I’ll make sure to click on the
Voice 2 button at the top here I know that I’m about to write into
voice 2 because my cursor goes green I'll select crotchet (or quarter note) from the toolbar and then select the bass drum sound from the drum palette on the left Now I can click on beat 1 and then
on beat 3 to create the notes Press Escape again – twice when you've finished The last thing I'll do is tidy up my drum pattern by dragging the crotchet rests down a little so they don't overlap the snare drum notes.
The end result is a drum set pattern that sounds like a drum set when you play it back. Once you've completed one bar, select it by clicking inside the bar and then press the letter R (for Repeat) to copy it into the following bars You can also make use of the Repeat Measure sign which tells the drummer that the pattern should be repeated Open the Repeats palette, select it and drag it to the bar.