Halve note values?

• Oct 4, 2016 - 08:47

I've created a score in 4/4 time, but for the sake of consistency with other music in the group of tunes I need to change it to 2/4. Just changing the time signature results in the addition of more bars, which is not what I want: I need to halve the values of each individual note.

Again, clicking on each note and changing its value by half results in every note being separated by a rest. It would be possible to then go through and delete every unwanted rest, but the whole process would be so tedious that I might as well start again and rewrite the whole thing. Needless to say, I want to avoid that!

What I'm looking for is some way of doing this globally: selecting the whole music and clicking on something to do it automatically. Is this possible?


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There are plugins for this (https://musescore.org/en/project/doubletimev20, https://musescore.org/en/project/halftimev20), unfortunatly they don't fully (?) work currently (#90721: Doubletime plugin crashes with Musescore 2.x, #81641: Crash on Halftime plugin
Maybe you can export as XML, import in MuseScore 1.3 and use the half/double time plugins for that version (https://musescore.org/en/project/doubletime, https://musescore.org/en/project/halftime), then import the result back into 2.0?

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

"Maybe you can export as XML, import in MuseScore 1.3 and use the half/double time plugins for that version (https://musescore.org/en/project/doubletime, https://musescore.org/en/project/halftime), then import the result back into 2.0?"

No, after some tries sometimes via his process: definitively not works as wished, even on "simple" scores (and with only one voice, don't talk about adding a second voice, simply ignored)

Eg:
This test file (quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter note + eighth note, two triplets)...so, basic use case! :test half values xml.mscz
And the consecutve xml file: test half values xml.xml

After loading in the 1.0.3, you get this first after applying the "Halftime" plugin:
result.jpg
And after applying the 2/4 time sig, this: (so, therefore, simply beats 2 and 3 are deleted, the triplets are eliminated, and the dotted quarter note + eighth note turns into corruption.)
result1.jpg
See the result by opening with the 2.03 the file saved under1.0.3: Export.mscz

So, definitely not a good idea (or a possible workaround), alas.

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Yes, but I think there is a way (just found after new try) to get a better result - anyway with problems.
This way is to not apply the new time sig (2/4) in the 1.0.3, but after, with the 2.0.3.
The problem here is the measure with two triplets + half note, which turns into corruption at the opening with the 2.0.3: After applying plugin.mscz
Do "Ignore" (as usual), and add now the 2/4 time sig: better result (except the same problem in the same measure): After applying plugin and new time sig.mscz

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