How to add cues in repeat measures
Right now, it seems that making a measure a 'repeat measure' overwrites all voices in the measure. Is there a way to have both the 'repeat measure' sign and a cue note in the same measure? My main application for this is in drum parts: 'repeat measure' to indicate continuing time (whatever the pattern is) but with a cue for horn hits in case the drummer sees fit to complement them. I like the 'repeat measure' for this as opposed to slashes, which I use for 'solo' space in the drumset part in an arrangement.
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You can't put a measure repeat sign and notes in the same measure in MuseScore.
In reply to You can't put a measure… by mike320
That's what I suspected, but I was hoping to find a way. Alas. In some other notation softwares (like Sibelius) I can designate that 'repeat measure' symbol to a specific voice, which allows me to use other voices to notate other stuff in the same measure.
In reply to That's what I suspected, but… by tromboneandrew
Forcing it with proper playback would be a big workaround in MuseScore.
In reply to Forcing it with proper… by mike320
Well, to be fair, I don't care about proper playback in this case. Just the manuscript. The ability to grab a 'repeat measure' symbol without any functionality and position it in a measure would be all I want, then I could add 'cute notes' as needed. Everything else I'd want is already there: including the ability to make rests not visible.
In reply to Well, to be fair, I don't… by tromboneandrew
You can press Z and search in all symbols (not the jumps and repeats palette) for the repeat symbol you can grab and position where you want it.
In reply to You can press Z and search… by mike320
Ah, yes, that does the trick. Thanks. Kind of labor-intense, but works. Interesting that the specific symbol used in the 'symbols' menu doesn't look exactly the same as the symbol used in the 'repeat measures' dialogue.
In reply to Ah, yes, that does the trick… by tromboneandrew
I think the normal measure repeat is "drawn" with lines and dots, rather than using a font symbol.
In reply to You can press Z and search… by mike320
Also: the manual positioning of the symbol isn't staying in a consistent position between score and parts.
In reply to Also: the manual positioning… by tromboneandrew
That is a known limitation that really should be addressed at some point. We need the option to center a symbol on a measure and then adjust it's y position up and down in the measure.
In reply to That is a known limitation… by mike320
Cool, I just wanted to make sure it's not overlooked. :-)
In reply to Cool, I just wanted to make… by tromboneandrew
Does anyone know of a suggestion to allow symbols to be centered on barlines and/or measure rests? It would be very useful for situations like this and the continuing need for the 2 measure repeat workaround.
In reply to Does anyone know of a… by mike320
If you mean a formal Suggestion in the issue tracker, I don't know of one, but it's been discussed in the context of the forum and maybe other issues, 5o the point where I see already have a plan for exactly how it could be implemented. The layout code is already there - we use it for repeat text. So to see what it might look like in action, just add a "Fine" to your score and then set its alignment to center. Of course, repeat text, being attached to the measure rather than a staff, can't be displayed over specific staves, but the point is, the layout code is there. So all we need is a special flag on the existing staff text that says, layout to the measure rather than to the segment. And we already have a flag "layoutToParentWidth", which is what we use for repeat text (and also frame text, which works similarly). If we made it so setting this flag on staff text caused it to layout to the measure (technically, its grandparent, not its parent), then that should do it.
So all that would be required for this to work is a two-line change (my favorite!) to TextBlock::layout(), and to add a way to create/read/write such an element.
In reply to If you mean a formal… by Marc Sabatella
Suggestion #289694: Allow centering symbols in measures and on notes submitted.
In reply to That's what I suspected, but… by tromboneandrew
You mean something like that?
In reply to You mean something like that? by Shoichi
An example.
In reply to An example. by tromboneandrew
Workaround?