Composing without compasses
I just read deleting a rest is not possible in Musecore because otherwise, the following melody would be affected...
However, if one wants to modify a melody in the middle if it, what can be done? (copy and paste sounds a terrible idea in some cases, like, for instance, after reducing the note duration of a part of the melody)
Perhaps naively I would like the possibility of inserting notes and silences without the restriction of compasses, just to work on the melodies freely. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!
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Not exactly sure what compass is here (IIRC is stems from a non-English language), is it key signature or time signature? In other words: are you talking about atonal music or about meterless music?
Hmm, the Spanish 'compás' is Time signature in English, so you seem to be talking about meterless music, so see https://musescore.org/en/node/24449, somewhat outdated as it doesn't describs the easier ways MuseScore 3.x provides, like the Insert mode
In reply to Not exactly sure what… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes sorry! I meant time. I am talking about meterless music.
The idea is to compose a melody without restrictions. And then, once is done, just work on it more carefully....
Thanks
In reply to Yes sorry! I meant time. I… by riskot
So not true meterless music but more of a scratchpad mode, right?
In reply to So not true meterless music… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, something like that...
Imagine I create a melody with 50 notes and some silences. Then I decide that in the middle of it, I need to speed up 20 notes. With Musecore I would select those notes with Shift and reduce them to half time. The problem is that I end up with 20 silences that I do not want... How to delete them is my question.
I other words I would find very useful to have the option of writing notes and silences as one would write a text in Word... Not sure this is just absurd but to me is kind of essential right now! Thanks!
In reply to Yes, something like that… by riskot
silences -> rests ;-)
You can delete them using Ctrl+Del
In reply to silences -> rests ;-) You… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh, God, so simple! Thank you very much
An thanks for the language corrections!
Best
In reply to silences -> rests ;-) You… by Jojo-Schmitz
A couple of days ago you showed me how delete notes or rests in the middle of a melody without affecting the rest of the melody (with Ctrl+Del). It works fine normally, however, I had some problems. I attach an example.
Can you help me again? Thanks!
In reply to A couple of days ago you… by riskot
Score needed...
In reply to Score needed... by Jojo-Schmitz
Attached
In reply to Attached by riskot
That's not the score from that image. Which note/rest in that score is it that you can't delete?
In reply to That's not the score from… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry attached score and image
In reply to Sorry attached score and… by riskot
No problem in deleting that rests, and you don't seem to have either, looking at that image?
Deleting both those rests makes the measure from the 2nd system to now fit into the 1st, maybe that is tripping you up?
In reply to No problem in deleting that… by Jojo-Schmitz
It seems that when I save the score, there are changes when open again. And indeed, the problem seems to disappear in the saved score. I will observe it and let you know. Thanks!