Musescore 3 Problem with keyboard
hello
iv'e updated to musescore 3 and the keyboard inputs are not working. i cant use the keyboard to input music notes or chords. can someone please help?
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What type of keyboard?
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input#input-devices
What OS?
Are you in note input mode?
Also see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input#basic-note-entry
In reply to What type of keyboard? See:… by Jm6stringer
A Lenovo computer keyboard. Windows 10. Yes I’m in input mode. I’m very familiar with it, it works fine in musescore 2 but it doesn’t work at all after I’ve updated to musescore 3.
In reply to A Lenovo computer keyboard… by ohad.levi.90
Which keyboard layout? Can you attach a score you are having trouble with and give precise steps to reproduce the problem? Are all keys not working, or maybe just the duration keys?
In reply to Which keyboard layout? Can… by Marc Sabatella
I have the same problem where sometimes all the normal computer keyboard input just stops working and I have to restart the program. Im on MacOS.
In reply to A Lenovo computer keyboard… by ohad.levi.90
I have exactly the same problem.
Did you manage to overcome it?
In reply to I have exactly the same… by esteric
We have exactly the same questions for you - what OS, what keyboard, can you attach your score, etc.
In reply to We have exactly the same… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for the answer to my question.
Logitech keyboard, Windows 10.
Also keyboard shortcuts like Control C do not work for me.
In reply to Thanks for the answer to my… by esteric
Sounds like your shortcuts definition have become corrupt. Try Help / Revert to Factory Settings.
In reply to Sounds like your shortcuts… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you very much!!!
I tried what you wrote, after 2 times everything worked out.
In reply to Thank you very much!!! I… by esteric
My joy was too early ...
Again keyboard shortcuts do not work for me:(
In reply to My joy was too early … by esteric
I found the solution to my problem -
Turn the keyboard into lowercase typing mode
In reply to I found the solution to my… by esteric
YES! that was the problem
i switched keyboard from my native langauge to english and it works.
In reply to YES! that was the problem i… by Ohad_iL
I had exactly the same problem - sometimes the keyboard shortcuts would work and sometimes they won't, and it was indeed because sometimes my keyboard was on my native language and not on English,
Thanks!
Dear all
I have same problem I can input note from key board my laptop is MacBook Pro .... only I can input D Note ... pls help me
In reply to Dear all I have same problem… by lujami
In order to more than guess we would need you to attach your score and describe the problem In much more detail - tell us what exactly you are doing step by step.
As it is, my best guess is you are entering into a bass clef staff and are using the rhythm first method of note input, so indeed your get nothing but D’s as you selected durations.
In reply to In order to more than guess… by Marc Sabatella
sir
I have MacBook Pro I will explain all steps I did
1- select N by mouse because not accept keyboard
2- press 5 accept from keyboard
3-start press note but not accepted except D .... some times not accept to enter if I press fn+C
thanks snd appreciated
In reply to sir I have MacBook Pro I… by lujami
You mean you press "N" and MuseScore does not go to note input mode? If you go to Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts, which shortcut o you see listed for "Note input"? If something other "N", try clicking Reset Shorcut to Default". Same for any other shortcut not working. Or just fix them all at once with "Reset All Preferences to Default". But that wouldn't answer the question of how they got changed.
If they are showing the correct shortcuts but somehow aren't working, perhaps your keyboard is defective? Or some other program on your system is "stealing" the keystrokes, perhaps to implement some sort of macro facility? Try rebooting and then not starting any other programs before running MuseScore.
In reply to You mean you press "N" and… by Marc Sabatella
Musescore text boxes do not properly handle "dead keys" when the US-International keyboard layout is used on Windows. You can use
+ e to compose è for example, but if you type+ [space] which should just give you `, then nothing appears. The workaround is to switch away from this keyboard layout, or compose the text elsewhere and paste it in.In reply to You mean you press "N" and… by Marc Sabatella
I'm having a similar problem. I've been using Musescore happily for years on a desktop - now having to try using it on a laptop, and find that Musescore doesn't respond to the alphanumeric keys. The laptop is a Lenovo Thinkpad (Windows 11) which lacks the extra number key-pad - is that something to do do with the problem?
Too late answer cause I'm a new user of MS and I found the same problem.
This problem is the same for both MuseScore 3 and 4.
I have found a solution to a problem that has been bothering me for a while.
If I launch MuseScore in some environment, the keyboard does not work.
There is no response when the 'n' key is pressed for note input.
Even if I search for related topics, it is said that this kind of problems occur mainly in Mac, but people seemed the Muse Score team could not replay the keyboard problem, so it was not resolved.
I finally found the answer to this problem, the cause was the local keyboard.
Before running MuseScore, the keyboard must be changed to US.
If you run it with a local keyboard, there is no effect even if you change US and local after that.