how to control the tempo
Can someone please explain to me how to control the default temp of a piece. I know i can use the play panel to control what percentage of the default tempo the score is played, but how can I set the default tempo?
I have created a tempo text at the beginning, of quarter note = 30, but it still plays at quarter note =60 which is what I specified when I created the piece a long time ago.
I've attached the piece to this post.
Thanks in advance.
Jim
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I may have figured something out. If I simply delete the tempo text and add some tempo again while the first note of the piece is selected, it seems to actually set the tempo.
In reply to re: controlling the tempo by jim.newton.562
Assuming the file wasn't imported from MIDI and have hard-coded tempo specifications, then you shouldn't need to delete a tempo marking - just right click it and use tempo properties to specify the actual tempo.
For 2.0, MuseScore will attempt to figure out the tempo from the text itself.
In reply to Assuming the file wasn't by Marc Sabatella
I'm not sure why, but when I try to edit the tempo text, it doesn't work so well. the text editing doesn't work so well. if the curser is between = and 90 and type a character it inserts before the =. I can't really figure out how to change =90 to =120 etc. But if I delete it I can usually re-enter it correctly.
In reply to how to control the tempo by jim.newton.562
Probably a question of the fonts being used having inconsistent widths. Feel free to post a score that demonstrates the problem and precise steps to reproduce.
In reply to Probably a question of the by Marc Sabatella
Here is a score which demonstrates the problem.
If I double click the tempo text and position the cursor somewhere and press backspace and type a new number, I really can't understand what happens, but it doesn't insert the number I typed at the place the cursor was sitting.
In reply to Can't edit the tempo note at measure 1. by jim.newton.562
Ah, this is with an experimental nightly build? Text handling has been undergoing some fairly major changes over the past couple of weeks, especially with regard to mixed symbols and text, and it appears to still have some ways to go before it stabilizes. So what you are seeing is presumably just a temporary glitch that will be fixed soon. Feel free to submit it as an actual issue in the tracker just to make sure it doesn't fall through the cracks, with steps to reproduce starting from a new score created from scratch since it's quite likely that tempo markings created in older builds will no longer be expected to work anyhow.
For the record, it is better to post discussion of experimental nightly builds in the Technology Preview forum, and to be specific about which build you are testing, since behavior often changes day to day.
Click on "View", then, scroll down to "Play Panel". You should find the tempo and volume controls there. Check out the screen shot attachment for more visual instructions.
Peace.
In reply to Click on "View", then, scroll by BEATDOWN
Actually, he did say (back in February 2014): "I know i can use the play panel to control what percentage of the default tempo the score is played…" But in general, tempo markings should be used, not the Play Panel setting. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tempo-0 for details.
By the way, welcome aboard. ;-)