how to manage corrections [beginner]
Hello,
When I start writing notes, for instant quarter notes, but want to change one of them into an eight, musescore will automatically add a semi-silence to fulfill the bar. Even worse, If I change a quarter into a half note, muescore will erase the quarter to the right. Is there a setting that could prevent these corrections ? I would like musescore to "push" the notes to the right if needed (longer note) or to the left (shorter note).
Is that something that can be done ?
Otherwise, how to easily correct from there ?
Comments
Not so simple.
You can copy the notes that follow and paste them back in after changing the quarter note to an eighth or half note, for example.
All notes until the end!
In reply to Not so simple. You can copy… by HildeK
thank you for this tip. I think there should be something easier though, as in writing letters on a computer I won't erase anything or add blank spaces if I change a word into a longer or shorter one.
In reply to thank you for this tip. I… by hugoborrell
Yes, but your wish then changes the entire score. That's problematic, for example with a triplet and also with other things.
Why do you need that? You only need it very rarely and then you can get by with copy & paste.
In reply to Yes, but your wish then… by HildeK
Maybe I'm not doing this correctly, but since I started I tend to do that all the time : I can easily figure out what are the notes of a melody, but rhythm is much more difficult at my level, so I test many possibilities of note lengths before I get to what I want. I guess more advanced musicians don't have that sort of issue.
In reply to Maybe I'm not doing this… by hugoborrell
There's a good plugin for that. But it's only available for V3 (it hasn't yet been ported to V4):
https://musescore.org/en/project/duration-editor
See this example:
In reply to There's a good plugin for… by cadiz1
seems nice though I'm still on musescore 2.1 and I'm not sure how to upgrade to V3 on my linux PC, I'll check that, thanks !
In reply to seems nice though I'm still… by hugoborrell
"how to upgrade to V3 on my linux PC"
Here (format AppImage for you): https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/releases/tag/v3.6.2
(if the download links don't appear immediately, click on "Assets".)