Mixed time signatures (FZappa scores)?

• Aug 7, 2017 - 22:04

Just a general question about working with scores containing multiple odd time signatures. Case in point: Frank Zappa's Zomby Woof where the first four measures are: one bar of 3/4, one of 10/16, one of 2/4, and one of 5/4. I haven't figured out how to make this happen in Musescore. I tried creating a new score in 10/16, since there didn't seem to be a way of getting a bar of 10/16 any other way. This worked, and I was able to add the other time signatures (3/4, 2/4 and 5/4) from the palette by dragging them in, but I was only able to add these bars out of sequence (the order ended up 10/16, 3/4, 2/4, and 5/4). I tried inserting a measure and altering the measure's properties, ie., make a 2/4 measure into a 10/16 measure. This sort of worked, but did not display "10/16". So, my problem is how to insert that 10/16 measure successfully into the score? It seems all the other bars with more 'standard' time signatures were not a problem using the drag and drop from the palette.

Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks for your help.

Bob


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You need to add the time signatures in order. Make sure you drag the time signature to the measure you want to time signature to start in. See attached.

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I think I have been able to answer my question using shift-T to create a 10/16 time signature. Please hold off your replies. Sorry for the confusion.

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