Temposelector in Toolbar

• Apr 15, 2018 - 18:55

I'd love to see a temposelector (a Textbox with i.e. % or BPM) directly in the toolbar. I often have to open the replay-window ("Wiedergabepult" in german) just to change the tempo. This takes valuable screenspace. A simple temposelector (no slider necessary) in the toolbar would do the same job way better for me.


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Changing the tempo of a piece would normally not be a very common operation, and is more correctly done by actually editing the tempo text at the beginning of the piece. I guess maybe you are trying to use MuseScore as a sort of practice / play-along tool? That's not really its purpose; the UI is more optimized for use in creating notation than as a practice tool. For that, you are better off using the mobile apps.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

To me changing the tempo is quite a usual operation. I'm using MuseScore primarily to write scores for a choir. It's a mixture of arrangement and notation process what I'm using MuseScore for. I'm sitting at the piano, figuring out the voices an then immediately put them into scores. Unfortunately, I'm not good in rhythmical notations. So very often I reduce the speed to backcheck rhythmical patterns to set it back to original speed again later. I also change the tempo to try out different speeds.
For me, the perfect printable sheet of music is often not the target. Written speed annotations are absolutely ignored. Tempo is defined during the rehearsals and performances by the conductor (me). The singers accept my imperfections in the scores. Dynamical annotations i.e. are also ignored completely. They are added by the singers themselves during the rehearsals. Some of my scores are not made for eternity.

At the beginning of the song where you see the quarter note = number (of beats per minute) , you can right click the number and select "Edit Element" from the menu. you can actually type a new number to change the tempo or beats per minute.

At the beginning of the song where you see the quarter note = number (of beats per minute) , you can right click the number and select "Edit Element" from the menu. you can actually type a new number to change the tempo or beats per minute.

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