Tick Length values

Updated 10 years ago
This page shows old instructions for MuseScore 1.
For MuseScore 4 users, see Tick Length values.

Note and rest values are expressed in an internal unit, to express their mutual relationships and to make them independent from actual tempo. This unit is used by the following object properties:

Tick Lengths

whole note (semibreve) 1920
double-dotted half note 1680
dotted half note 1440
triplet whole note (1/3 of breve) 1280
half note (minim) 960
double-dotted crochet 840
dotted crochet 720
triplet half note (1/3 of semibreve) 640
1/4 note (crochet) 480
double-dotted quaver 420
dotted quaver 360
triplet crochet (1/3 of minim) 320
1/8 note (quaver) 240
double-dotted semiquaver 210
dotted semiquaver 180
triplet quaver (1/3 of crochet) 160
1/16 note (semiquaver) 120
double-dotted demi-semiquaver 105
dotted demi-semiquaver 90
triplet semiquaver (1/3 of quaver) 80
1/32 note (demi-semiquaver) 60
dotted hemi-demi-semiquaver 45
triplet demi-semiquaver (1/3 of semiquaver) 40
1/64 note (hemi-demi-semiquaver) 30