Different time signatures for parts playing together in the same piece
Is it possible in MuseScore to have different time signatures for parts playing together in the same piece? I'm sure there are works which do this. For example piece in 4/4 could have one part written out in 12/8 which would perhaps solve some issues with writing triplets, and also allow dotted rhythms in the 12/8 part. Actually the dotted rhythms in triplets in 4/4 are not too difficult, but maybe 12/8 would be easier.
Could arbitrary time signatures be used in different parts, and linked together - for eample 4/4 against 5/4?
Also - even if it is possible to do this for engraving in MuseScore, would the player be able to render such a score?
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/time-signatures#local-time-signatur…
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
Thanks. I downloaded the Bach piece (Goldberg Variations - look at varation 26), and it does indeed play as expected. So Musescore is able to do this. I'm not sure what it would do with some even more complicated examples - but this works fine.
Really useful to know this.
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
The suggested approach only seems to work with empty scores - I couldn't get a new time signature for an existing score, either with a bar with notes in, or a completely empty bar. Maybe that's intentional. Maybe it works in Windows systems, but on Macs it only seems to work with empty scores. I'll wait to see if anyone else has tried this with pieces which are already part written.
In reply to The suggested approach only… by dave2020X
Trying to copy bars, or parts of bars, say from a 6/8 section to a 12/8 local section over a 4/4 accompaniment gives an error message -
"Can't paste in local time signature".
So does seem a bit temperamental.
In reply to The suggested approach only… by dave2020X
The scores doesn't need to be completely empty, but the measures affected (including the corresponding measures on other staves, and all following measures that would be affected by the change) do. There are other limitations too, like no copy/paste.
In reply to The scores doesn't need to… by Marc Sabatella
I was hoping this might be a useful feature as I figured that one of my newer efforts could benefit from that. However the limitations mentioned seem to suggest that I’ll have to write it in a more “normal” way - in 4/4 or 3/4, and then convert the part to be read in (say) 12/8 or 16/8, so probably more work rather than less, and more mental gymnastics.
The copy/paste limitation is significant.
That’s a pity.