Time and Bar Line
How can I place a bar line so it will take so the rest away as it shows in the example photocopy -- I have put arrows there to show my difficulty. I am also attaching my score.
Wena D. Parry
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Look at this thread and at this one .
HTH,
M.
In reply to Look at this thread and at by Miwarre
Thank you very much, Miwarre that was just what I needed I had looked for the answer befor posting my thread.
Now my peace is in 4/4 so if I go to the last bar before the Chores as it stands now and set the bar to ¾ that will allow me to enter the 2 small notes essential for the start of the chores, I’m I correct?
Wena D Parry
The "Right" way.
The most "technically correct" way of splitting a measure is to create (insert after the measure to be split) a new measure and change the duration of the first one to 3/4 and the second to 1/4. If you had a large piece and were counting measures carefully then you might also want to set the second one as "irregular" so that it wouldn't add to the measure count.
The "Easy" way
For your purposes, though, where it does not seem that you are counting measures in a big orchestral score and you are not placing repeats at the bar split and you just want a nice legible piece of music, then the easiest way is to enter all your notes, click on the note before which you wish to place the split and then double-click on your chosen barline (double, single, dotted) from the Bar lines palette. So in your example, you click on the quaver (the first of your "two small notes") then you go over to the Bar line palette, pick the one you want (the double barline with both lines the same thickness) and double-click on it.
If you want to (and it is a matter of preference rather than being a musical necessity these days) you can then make the first measure of the whole piece 1/4 and the last 3/4 to keep the appearance the same as the original.
So why is there a "Right way" to do it when the Easy way appears to work? Well, the Easy way looks OK but it causes problems with playback in MuseScore when it comes to putting repeats at the split or sengos (the squiggly - S sign) etc. and then MuseScore needs "real" measures and barlines rather than just one that looks OK.
In reply to Easy way to split a measure by underquark
Thank underquark and Miwarre I had managed on both your instructions the I went to attempt to find the part for repeat ans Fine my computer crashed and I found myself in the same place as before.
However, I don’t think I had the correct bar lines!! As you say there double lines both looking the same thickness. So off I go, and save more regular.
Wena