Duplicate every note in a chord an octave up?
Hello!
In the transition from MuseScore 3.4.2 to 3.5, I've noticed that the "add interval" function has changed slightly. In 3.4.2, I used to be able to add an interval to every note selected in a chord. After consulting the changelog, I did indeed find that this function now only adds one note instead of duplicating the entire chord, and for good reason.
However, I most often use MuseScore for creating hyper-condensed orchestral reductions (which I understand is a pretty niche use), and the "add interval an octave above" function worked especially well for doubling entire chords an octave above the original (ex: a triadic trumpet line might be doubled verbatim an octave above).
I'm not asking for a change in the existing functionality, but maybe an additional command to double every note in the chord an octave up? This isn't a big deal, but it could certainly help save a lot of time.
Thanks!
Comments
Select the chord->Alt+8 or select then from the 'Add' menu select Intervals/Octave below/above.
In reply to Select the chord->Alt+8 by Shoichi
That was my normal command, but this was changed in issue #305814 to only affect the top voice of the chord.
In reply to That was my normal command,… by David McCaulley
#305814: Adding Intervals via "alt + number" command. Fixed
In reply to #305814: Adding Intervals… by Shoichi
Well, no not fixed at all in that specific niche use case, on the contrary.
The closest workaround I can think of currently is:
1. Copy
2. Exchange voices with an available voice
3. Paste back
4. Ctrl-up to move the pasted thing up an octave
5. Select range again
6. Tools → Implode
In reply to The closest workaround I can… by jeetee
Jeetee's idea would work for me rather well because I have shortcuts so I don't have to access any menus for any of this. I would switch steps 3 & 4 though.
There is one oddity, if you do this to the first 3 beats of a 4 beat measure, all beats will be exchange in the measure, but every thing will be put back into voice 1 after the implode
A workaround is to ctrl+click each notehead and then alt+8. It would be better if it worked by just selecting the chord, I agree.
In reply to A workaround is to ctrl… by timwmay
Much easier solution - select the chord(s) then click the Notes button in the Inspector to select just the notes. Now Alt+8 does what you want (which unfortunately is the exact opposite of what others wanted, which is why the change way made).