Metronome tempo, adjacent note positioning, voice assign.
Hello,
MuseScore 0.9.2 is currently being tested here under Puppy Linux: up to now I used ABCPlus for score printing.
Mscore is working very well, it seems extremely stable despite its current Beta status. I'm deeply grateful to its developers and contributors for it!
I found these minor hitches, for which there seems to be no hint in the manual nor in the FAQ's:
- No metronome tempo indication is generated along the conventional description, e. g. "Moderato": I built it by hand for my test score with a quarter-note head attached to "|=96" (not handy...).
- Note positioning is usually perfect, but when two different voices have a note each, one on a line and the other on the space beneath (adjacent notes) they are kept on the same axis, whereas one of them should be side-shifted for readability. I tried adding a second invisible note and it partly worked: the axis was shifted to the left, it should have been better to the right -- in detail: voice one had a 4/4 B, voice 2 a 1/4 A
with a phrase slur to the following G.
- Surely work is being done at this, as the manual reports: it should be possible to assign existing notes to any voice without having to rewrite them, as some MIDI tracks may contain polyphonic parts which only require a quick voice assignment -- or else have a classic "piano roll" editor in which a MIDI track might be copied and suitably edited .
Thanks and cheers!
Comments
I don't think you can insert quarter notes via the "tempo" dialog but you can insert it after you've added the text to the score:
In reply to Metronome markings by David Bolton
I have a new computer. Prior to getting it, my old computer could do what you suggest. Now, however, my new one uses F2 as a screen dimmer. Pressing it in MuseScore does not produce the drop down palette I was expecting. What do I do, now? How else can I invoke the palette? I am running Windows 7 (64 bit).
In reply to F2 Doesn't work that way for me by TubaMan_
Do you hold down the function key when you press F2?
In reply to I'm curious by xavierjazz
Xavierjazz, thanks for your response. I honestly appreciate your stating the obvious. Yes, I have tried every combination of the fn key with F2 and nothing works. I really am puzzled by this; all the other "F" keys seem to function correctly. But the F2 key functions only as the dimmer.
In reply to F2 Doesn't work that way for me by TubaMan_
TubaMan, in the latest versions of MuseScore, when you double-click on text there is a text editing toolbar that appears at the bottom of the screen. If you click on the keyboard icon in that toolbar you will get the "F2 palette".
In reply to TubaMan, in the latest by David Bolton
Thank You, David Bolton. It does indeed work that way for me. I can finish up what I was doing, now. Does this mean that the "F2" funciton no longer is active? I was able to make the other function keys work (Palette, Play Panel, Navigator and Mixer) for me.
I appreciate your support.
In reply to F2 Doesn't work that way for me by TubaMan_
F2 still works for everybody else (as indicated by others in this thread). It is just that your computer apparently took over the use of that button so that you cannot use it in any application. (I assume your computer has a way to change these shortcuts).
In reply to F2 Doesn't work that way for me by TubaMan_
....you're not holding the Fn key and then hitting F2 are you? You're just pressing the F2 key, right?
Thank you for your help, works perfectly!
*Just a sidenote: the font size appearing in the Special Characters table is the minimal one (3 pts), but it will become the size specified in the "Edit Text Style" table for the Tempo text.
I too have encountered this difficulty. Has capoverde found a solution or received an answer that I've missed?
The more I work with this program and the people involved, the more I like them.
I'm using MuseScore 0.9.3 Revision 1102.
In reply to Note positioning of different voices on adjacent line and space by bow1arm3
Maybe this thread can help you ? http://musescore.org/en/node/333
This is perfectly what I needed: double-clicking a note allows it to be positioned where one wants.
Many thanks!
(If it doesn't appear to work it's that the arrow keys respond a bit slowly, just wait a second more).
In reply to Note microspacing. by capoverde
In r1177, I have changed a few things to make manual positioning of elements easier using the keyboard (it now moves faster by default using the arrow keys):
If you are on Windows, there was a prerelease made today that contains this change, among other changes.
I have tried invoking F2 both with and without holding "fn" down. If I do not use "fn" my screen dims. If I use "fn" nothing happens. I can use all the other MuseScore Fn assignments by pressing "fn" as I press the other assigned function keys; I am just not able to use F2 as MuseScore designates it. I have been in contact with my computer manufacturer's support people and they can not unscrampble this puzzle either. I am using WIndows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. This has given me other problems, as well ieSpell doesn't work and there is no print driver allowing full funciton of my original printer).