How do I change the tempo from swing back to straight eighth notes?

• Nov 7, 2019 - 04:58

Hi, everyone!

I am trying to figure out how to get the "swung" eighth notes back to "straight" eighth notes for a piece I am writing for piano.

Any tips or suggestions?


Comments

Enter another swing text, right click the text and choose text properties, you can then select the swing tab and set it to off.

In reply to by mike320

I think I have a similar problem. I initially added the Swing text at the start of my music then edited the symbol to read "Allegro energico" not knowing that it affected the playback of the notes. Now all of the half notes have an uneven duration. For example, the Note at the bottom of the workspace shows pitch: E3; Duration: Eighth (on 200% off 1000%); etc. A dotted eighth note has Duration: Dotted Quarter (on 0% off 1060%).
I have tried the System Text Properties to turn off Swing but it does not change the duration of any of the notes. I also tried adding the Straight text to turn off Swing but it had no effect.
Any suggestions?

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In reply to by e.almquist

No need to mess with the Swing staff text. You can enter your tempo mark and edit it directly by double clicking on it and adding that "Allegro energico" text.
See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tempo#edit-tempo-text

Meanwhile here's your score:
Festliche_Musik2.mscz
I turned off Swing using System Text Properties on "Allegro energico" and on the "arco" in measure 116 to stop the Swing in 121 and 123.

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