How to correct the number of beats in a bar
After scanning in a pdf some bars have fewer beats than the time signature and I am unable to change this. For example in the clip the first 4 bars are all in 2/4 but bars 5 and 6 have 3 quavers and 2 quavers respectively. I know how to change the quavers to crotchets but that doesn't change the number of beats in a bar. Can anyone advise how to do this please. Thanks, Ian
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Right-click into the measure, measure properties, fix actual duration.
Or Ctrl+Del the excess notes/rests
In reply to Right-click into the measure… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. Just found the bar properties menu.
Well I sorted it myself - found the bar properties menu. Apologies everyone, I'm very new to this software so feeling my way. Ian
Right-click on the respective bar and open the bar properties. There you can change the actual value to the nominal value. You may then have to cut and paste the notes into the correct beat.
This is a common problem when using PDF import. And many different types of errors can occur.
For example, a triplet is often not recognized and the bar will get too long. Be careful when shortening the bar length, as the notes or rests furthest to the right will be deleted.
Sometimes it is advisable to insert an additional bar and rewrite the notes and then delete the incorrect bar.
In reply to Right-click on the… by HildeK
Thanks again. I have done that but need to switch around the note and the rest. The handbook says this can be done by using 'shift' and one of the arrow keys but this doesn't work and just increases or decreases the selection box. So basically I just need to understand how to move notes and rests within a bar.
In reply to Thanks again. I have done… by imw49@live.com
Cut and paste
In reply to Thanks again. I have done… by imw49@live.com
Shift + arrow key only works in note entry mode. Select the note you want to move, press 'N' for note entry and then use Shift+arrow keys.
(At least this is how it works in MuS 3.)
EDIT: and it works only with notes / rests of the same duration. Any other move must be done with cut and paste.
In reply to Shift + arrow key only works… by HildeK
Thanks HildeK that works nicely. And you've answered my other problem of how to go to note entry mode. The online manual isn't very helpful in this respect and I wasn't sure how to get into that mode or out of it. I now see that the little pencil icon top left is highlighted in that mode.
In reply to Thanks HildeK that works… by imw49@live.com
> The online manual isn't very helpful in this respect
See here, I think it is described quite well there:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/editing-notes-and-rests
In reply to > The online manual isn't… by HildeK
Sorry I think I may have mis-lead you - I meant that I hadn't found how to change in and out of note entry mode using the search function.
I think the problem lies with me - I haven't used MS to enter music yet simply to input a pdf and then I'm trying to edit it so I've bypassed the basic steps which I'm trying to understand as I go along. I'll keep learning as it's a great asset and my old music program is no longer supported so MS will be fantastic for me.
I have a piece of music Chiildgrove (arranged by Cecil Sharp) which is in 2/2. There are 4 crochets to a bar with an anacrusis of one crochet. The last bar shows a dotted minim. How do I change the last bar so it doesn't end with a rest, please? The "bar properties" only shows whole numbers when what I need is essentially a half! Thanks.
In reply to I have a piece of music… by RobertLovejoy
You have already set the last bar to the duration of a half note. You can set it to other values, e.g. 3/4 or 1/8 note, by changing the values in the bar properties.
Both figures can be modified in the "Actual Duration"!