Interpreting Tempo Commands?
Does MuseScore employ a facility for the interpretation of stave tempo commands such as Adagio, Moderato, Presto etc. without the need to place beats per minute alongside? The reason I ask is because if this isn't the case, then two versions of the score is necessary, one for the printed version, which a conductor can interpret during a live performance without bpm, and one as a soundtrack for listening to on playback. I suppose two scores is no real problem, but if such an interpretive system already exists I would certainly use it.
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You can use Tempo text of e.g. "Adagio" without a BPM indicator, but then need to set the BPM via Inspector rather than relying on the "Follow Text"
...without the need to place beats per minute alongside...
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tempo#edit-tempo-text
where it states: The tempo indicated by a metronome mark usually persists even if overwritten by an expression—such as Andante, Moderato etc.
So, you can simply overwrite the bpm metronome mark with words like: Adagio, Moderato, Presto etc.
Regards.
In reply to ...without the need to place… by Jm6stringer
It does, but to be on the save side ("usually persists") better disable "Follow Text" and put in the desired tempo in Inspector
In reply to It does, but to be on the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Haha!!....
Still, "usually persists'' is better than "hopefully persists". 😂
Regards.
(I do miss the former tempo palette with the common names - e.g. Largo, Andante, Moderato, etc. - immediately available in the palette following the download/install of MuseScore.)
EDIT: corrected to 'tempo palette'.
In reply to Haha!!… by Jm6stringer
dynamics palette??
But see #82466: Add back textual tempo texts
In reply to dynamics palette?? by Jojo-Schmitz
Ooops! Tempo...
(Dynamics on another thread.)
In reply to Haha!!… by Jm6stringer
There is nothing that prevents you from making your own tempo palette that has an interpretation of what the terms mean. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/palettes-and-workspaces#custom-worksp…. Note that it will not have different tempos for 4/4, 12/8, 3/8 and so forth that can have very different BPM per quarter note interpretations. You could of course add several "Adagio" tempos to the palette and change the name to indicate the note the tempo is based upon.
In reply to There is nothing that… by mike320
Yes, this is true, but for the newbie who wants to notate, say, a (pop song) sheet music showing - e.g. Andante, Moderato, etc. - it would be nice having those terms available in the palette 'out of the box'.
Then, after having used the software for awhile, this --
There is nothing that prevents you from making your own tempo palette that has an interpretation of what the terms mean. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/palettes-and-workspaces#custom-worksp…. Note that it will not have different tempos for 4/4, 12/8, 3/8 and so forth that can have very different BPM per quarter note interpretations. You could of course add several "Adagio" tempos to the palette and change the name to indicate the note the tempo is based upon.
-- would be easier for him/her to comprehend without falling asleep while reading... ;-)
Regards.