Double or halve the Toolbar's note value with a single keystroke
I know about the basic keystrokes (like 3 4 5 6) for selecting note values in the Toolbar—whether MusesScore is in Note Input mode or not.
And I have a vague recollection that MuseScore 3.6 / 3.7 have:
• a keystroke that changes the selected note value to double the current value
• a keystroke that changes the selected note value half the current value
Doubling the value would be like pressing 3, 4, 5 ... until I reach the desired value
Halving would be like pressing 5, 4, 3 ...
If this is an option, does anyone know the keystrokes?
Use case? My most common change of note value is doubling or halving, so I'd like two reliable keystroke to instate the change. And if I need to go further it's just another stroke or two.
For me that would be simple than aiming for a specific note value via the keystrokes 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...
Comments
No, there is no way to do this. The closest you can come (and, I suspect, what you are remembering) is this:
With a range selected, press Ctrl+C to copy (or Ctrl+X to cut). Then select the point the new notes will go and click Edit / Paste half duration or Edit / Paste double duration, as appropriate. These two menu items have shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+Q and Ctrl+Shift+W. I'm fairly sure this is NOT what you want.
However, since pressing the appropriate number for a given duration is a single keystroke, it seems unlikely that there would be much need for a shortcut to switch between them. A little practice and you'll remember the number for the duration you're on now and know that half is one less and double is one more.
In reply to No, there is no way to do… by TheHutch
@TheHutch wrote
I'm fairly sure this is NOT what you want.
Correct. I know about Paste Half and Paste Double.
I believe you understand that I'm looking for something where
* could function as "x2" on the current note value in the toolbar
So if quarter note is selected (5) * selects half note (6)
/ would function as "/2" on the current note value in the toolbar
So if quarter note is selected (5) / selects eighth note (4)
Seems like a very simple function and ideal if assignable to the user's choice of keystrokes.
Double = W
Half = Q
In reply to Doubke = W Half = Q by rothers
That works to double or halve the currently selected note. My understanding of OP's request was how to change the duration for new notes to be entered, the duration button clicked in the toolbar.
In reply to Doubke = W Half = Q by rothers
@Ruthers
Ah, YES. PERFECT!! And soooo easily "left handable."
In Note Entry: q and w affect the "to be entered" note value (in the Toolbar).
On selected notes in the score: q and w operate, respectively, to halve or double of the value of the selected notes.
Exactly what I was looking for!
THANK YOU!!!
In reply to Ah, YES! Works on notes in… by scorster
Oh no ...
On experimenting I see that (in MuseScore 3.6 / 3.7) q and w have two effects in Note Entry mode:
• They update the note value in the toolbar (that's all I want)
• AND (unfortunately for me) they also change the value of the last entered note
I was hoping for just the former effect, like what we see in MuseScore 4.3. Bummer ...
NOTE: In MuseScore 4.3's Note Entry mode q and w do not change the value of the selected note! That function is relegated to Shift q or Shift w—which I concur is much better, and fits my workflow.
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/14927#issuecomment-133642…