How to change time signature in one part only
Hi,
I'm trying to copy bars 95-108 of the last movement of Mozart's Oboe Quartet, K.370, where only the oboe part changes to time signature cut-C but the other parts continue in 6/8. How can I change the time signature in only one part in a stave, leaving the other parts with the original time signature? When I insert the cut-C into the oboe part, all the parts change. (And then change the oboe part back to 6/8 again in bar 107.)
Thanks in advance!
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Add the cut common as a local time signature. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/time-signatures#local-time-signatur…
In reply to Add the cut common as a… by SteveBlower
Wonderful! Thank you for your speedy reply and info. Much appreciated.
In reply to Add the cut common as a… by SteveBlower
Sorry, another problem. I managed to insert the cut-C, but in the next bar I'm not able to add the fourth beat - as if I were in 3/4. Why is this happening, and how do I fix it? Thank you again.
In reply to Sorry, another problem. I… by outthere1000
It's difficult (impossible?} to diagnose from a picture. Please attach the score (.mscz file) and someone will probably be able to help (not me, I'm busy until Monday}.
In reply to It's difficult (impossible?}… by SteveBlower
Hi,
Thanks again for your reply. It looks a bit like a bug to me - all the following bars seem to think I'm in 3/4 as well. MuseScore file is attached.
In reply to Sorry, another problem. I… by outthere1000
You wrote:
...but in the next bar I'm not able to add the fourth beat
Your screenshot does not show a rest on the 4th beat:
![no_rest.png]( "no_rest.png")
![Fill_rest.png]( "Fill_rest.png")
However, the MuseScore file you attached does display a rest on beat 4 which you can overwrite by entering the notes:
In reply to You wrote: ...but in the… by Jm6stringer
Hi,
Thank you for your reply. This is really strange. As you saw in my screen grab, the top line thought I was in 3/4 time, which is why I asked for help. But after closing MuseScore and reopening it, it now thinks the top line is in 4/4, without my having changed a thing, other than closing the program and reopening it. Looks like a small bug, or something. At any rate, it's working now,. Thank you again for your help.
In reply to You wrote: ...but in the… by Jm6stringer
Hi again,
I have another problem with this score. In the attached screen grab from the original score, the final bar is obviously not in 4/4 but in 6/4, though oddly it isn't so marked in the score (the lower part continues in 6/8 as before). I thought the simple way to do this would be to Command-drag the 6/4 time signature into that bar, then Command-drag and drop cut-C into the bar that follows it, making both the 6/4 and cut-C invisible. But when I tried to drag 6/4 into the relevant bar, I got a message saying "Cannot change local time signature: Measure is not empty". The only things in that bar are two rests, as in all other empty (i.e., not yet completed) bars - definitely no notes (screen grab of that bar also attached). How to fix this, please? Closing MuseScore and reopening it didn't help.
Thanks again for your help.