Removing rests
Why do rests pop up even before I have finished adding notes? How can I delete them?
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Why do rests pop up even before I have finished adding notes? How can I delete them?
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Assuming you are using only one voice, the rests are not deleted but replaced with notes. Before you enter the first note in a score, every measure if filled with a measure rest. As you enter notes, a measure rest is changed to the appropriate rests to complete the measure.
In reply to Assuming you are using only… by mike320
Thank you very much. Good to know.
And to be clear - this is normal, correct, and harmless. Ignore the rest and just keep entering notes - they will replace the automatically-generated rests. No need to delete anything first.
In reply to And to be clear - this is… by Marc Sabatella
Got it. Though I had better read the manual and do a better job figuring out time and pickup, given I have never transposed the phrases in my head onto paper before, virtual or otherwise... :-) I am new to the Celtic harp, as well, so it is more a plunk, plunk than a flowing river, and my hope is MusicScore enlightens me and inspires. I confess envy for those for whom music notation is as easy as English...
Thank you.
In reply to Got it. Though I had better… by Regina Joyce Clarke
I just added more info on this to the handbook. The new version will not be available for download for several hours but can be viewed online. Let me know if this would have helped you.
In reply to I just added more info on… by mike320
I will!
In reply to And to be clear - this is… by Marc Sabatella
I accidentally added a note after the rest (instead of on top of it), so the rest has remained in my score though it does not belong there. Is there a way to delete it, or do I have to go back to that rest, delete everything after it, and start again from there?
In reply to I accidentally added a note… by atiffen
If you make a mistake like this you can press the backspace button or ctrl-z to undo until the mistakes are removed.
If you have made several mistakes, you might as well just delete them and start over at that point. You also have the option to select the point where you want to start entering the correct notes and rests and they will overwrite the existing notes and rests.
In reply to If you make a mistake like… by mike320
So there is no way to just delete the rest? I know that would require moving the remaining notes into different measures to stay consistent with the time signature, so I assume that's why it's not possible.
In reply to So there is no way to just… by atiffen
Indeed, that is why it doesn't work. cut and paste is your friend though
In reply to If you make a mistake like… by mike320
I did what she did. Great info. Thank you.
In reply to If you make a mistake like… by mike320
There is also the option of selecting the notes after the incorrect rest. Then copy and paste right on top of the rest to make it go away.
In reply to I accidentally added a note… by atiffen
Without seeing your score, it's hard to understand exactly what you mean here. If you simply mean you have one note that you entered after the rest but you meant to add on top of the rest, but everything else in your score is in the correct place, then simply re-enter the note where you meant - on top of the rest. Everything else will stay right where it is. If you mean, you entered a note after the rest and then kept adding notes incorrectly so that a whole bunch of music is now a beat (or two, or four, or whatever) late, then you can use cut & paste to move it where it belongs. Select the region that was entered incorrectly (eg, by clicking the first note, shift+clicking the last), Ctrl+X to cut, then click the place you want to move it to, Ctrl+V to paste.
If that doesn't answer your question, please attach your score and describe exactly what you are trying to do, and we can provide better help.
In reply to Without seeing your score,… by Marc Sabatella
No, that's very helpful - I can fix it now with the cut and paste suggestion. Thanks so much for your help!