Add swing/shuffle indicator to tempo instruction?
I'm new to MuseScore, so apologies if this question's been answered.
Preliminarily, what a great piece of free software.
I'd like to include the instruction to play with a swing/shuffle feel, as appears e.g. here.
Is there a way to create that symbol or one like it within MuseScore?
Thanks.
Comments
The usual indication for swing would be to simply write "swing". The graphical notation you mention is misleading; swing is *not* the same as triplets. And you can edit any tempo marking to use the word swing. But if you want to use the graphical notation - if it truly is meant to be triplets, as in some shuffles - you can place it as a graphic. See http://musescore.org/en/node/10570.
In reply to The usual indication would be by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for the reply. That particular graphic's been around a while and may be under copyright somewhere. I'm sure I could get away with using it, but I take copyright seriously, so I'll have to consider. As to swing, it isn't necessarily true that swing's not the same as triplets; sometimes that's exactly what swing is. It depends on the player and the tune. But the sheet music I'm creating is aimed at people who may never have played a shuffle, and the guidance, however limited and imprecise, could be helpful to them. Thanks again.
In reply to Thanks by shufflebottom
You could probably use MuseScore to create your own graphic if copyright is a concern, then save that as a PNG.