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How can you add general character directions for your piece such as moderato ? - NOT numbers
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How can you add general character directions for your piece such as moderato ? - NOT numbers
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As staff text, select note/rest, press Ctrl+T, then enter your text, press Esc
In reply to As staff text, select note… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, I think it's good. I am two days into making this work so I have a few other questions if I may,
please:
1. What can I set that will protect the work I have put in from other notes and rests changing things as though the program is trying to make corrections. I do know and use the "esc".
2. I know about adding measures but cannot delete them.
3. I am writing piano music for children and would like to give instructions on some of the pages. Will there be a place for me to write text on the page?
4. I haven't figured out how to spread the measures out to 4 measures on each staff. How can I space my page?
I understand if this is all too much to answer. Thank you very much.
Else P.
In reply to Thank you, I think it's good… by musikhaus1@aol.com
1) not sure what you mean here, once you've place a note or rest, MsueScore actually tries very hard not to move them. O ly if you do something like, change a quarter note to a half note, MuseScore will need to do something about whatever was already there on that beat.,
2) to delete measures, Ctrl+Delete
3) you can add text using Ctrl+T or by adding frames. See the Handbook on that subject for much more info.
4) to break a line after a selected measure, hit Enter, just as you would in a word processor. Or, if you literally want 4 measures per systems as might be common in children's music, you can use Tools / Add/Remove System Breaks to add them automatically.
In reply to As staff text, select note… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, yes.
Next question: Ctrl + Delete does note delete measures. I am working on a Chromebook.
Next question: How can I arrange 4 measures in a line (children's music) ?
In reply to Thank you, yes. Next… by musikhaus1@aol.com
Ctrl+Del should work even on Chrome book
4 measure per system are possible fie Format > Add/remove system breaks
In reply to Thank you, yes. Next… by musikhaus1@aol.com
Chromebooks generally don't have Delete keys, but Backspace. To get Delete, you need Search+Backspace. Or, do what I did - go to Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts, and define Backspace as an alternate shortcut for Delete, and Ctrl+Backspace as an alternate shortut for Remove selected range if for some reaosn it is not already (it should be, though).
In reply to Chromebooks generally don't… by Marc Sabatella
Or use the Menu, Tools > Remove selected range
Also IIRC the shortcut Ctrl+Backspace is setup by default in addition to Ctrl+Del. Maybe only for Mac though, as those suffer from the same problem of not having a Del key
In reply to Or use the Menu, Tools >… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's set by default that way for Linux too, and as mentioned it does actually work on my system, but I can easily believe not all Chromebooks transmit this keystroke same way.
Well, for Moderato, that's tempo, so either add a marking from the Tempo palette then edit it as you see fit, or us Add / Text / Tempo to add the text. Note that "Moderator" is already present on the palette though at least for 3.4, if you are in the Advanced workspace, or if you press the "More" button while in the Basic workspace.
In reply to Well, for Moderato, that's… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you. There is so much here to learn and I appreciate your help.