Flip note reverses stem direction
In the attached image the top note of the chord is in voice 1, the others in voice 3. If I select the G and press X to flip it to the other side of the stem, the stem direction changes to upwards and cannot thereafter be changed back to downwards (voice 2 is set to have stems downward by default). The next chord is the same, but this time a crotchet. Flipping the G works just fine. What's up?
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X isn't supposed to flip the notehead to the other side of the stem - it's supposed to change stem direction. Shift-X is the shortcut to flip the notehead to the other side of the stem (unless you've customized this). When I select G and press X, the stem flips down as it should, and pressing X flips it back up as it should. Hitting Shift-X flips the notehead to the other side of the stem as it should. However, this also has the side effect of moving the stem to the right a bit - not sure why. But ordinarily, if you deliberately create two voices with the same stem direction, displacing the stems *is* the usual way to indicate that these are indeed separate voices. So perhaps the real question is, why did it wait until I flipped the notehead before displacing the stem? In any case, the stem automatically snaps into whatever position you drag the noteheads to, so you can get the effect of the merged stem or the displaced stem regardless of what MuseScore does by default.
So anyhow, I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to achieve, but it seems like whatever it is, it should be doable assuming you use X and Shift-X appropriately. If you want the stems to remain merged, then instead of using Shift-X to flip the notehead (which has the side effect of unmerging the stems), you could instead just nudge the noteheads in the first place - no X or Shift-X.
In reply to X isn't supposed to flip the by Marc Sabatella
Clear now. This is what happens when I try to do something from memory!
In reply to X isn't supposed to flip the by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, Marc! This was helpful!
Curious: why doesn't Muse use "X" for both? Flip the step when you've selected a stem, and flip the notehead when you've selected a notehead?
In reply to Thanks, Marc! This was… by reggoboy
For consistency? Works also for slurs and ties.
You did notice that you replied to a 6 years old thread?
In reply to For consistency? by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes I noticed. I try not to post new questions when the item has already been discussed and addressed.
In reply to Thanks, Marc! This was… by reggoboy
Selecting stems is awkward and we'd rather people never need to do that. Selecting notes is easy and can be done in multiple ways, and the "X" command can then also work on range selections. Flipping stems is a way more common need than mirroring notehead, so we made the common command the easy one.
In reply to Selecting stems is awkward… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, I figured it was a well thought out reason.
I have to say that overall I’ve been very impressed with muse. I’ve tried various notation softwares over the years and found them all exasperating. Muse was, too, at first, but the ability to find the well explained answers quickly with a google search has made all the difference.
I have various UI/UX suggestions I could make. But ultimately, I’m glad I finally have a way to capture all my notation ideas on something better than pen and paper!