Measures keep extending
Hi, I'm pretty new to musescore
I'm starting a new piece and I can't get the measures to fill in correctly. It's in 4/4. I start by left-clicking the first measure, then hit 'N', then hit '5' for a quarter note, and then 'C', or 'G'; whatever note I'm trying to add. After I hit the letter on the keyboard for the note, or left click on the staff, it adds the note in front of the rest, extending the measure by a beat. I've tried breaking up the rest, deleting rests, whatever. I can't get it the note placer to replace the rest occupying the measure with notes. It just keeps adding beats in front of the rest and I can't get the right beats in or move to the next measure
What can I do? This is very frustrating for the fundamentals. I've followed tutorials step by step, and the program won't behave like those in the video
Thanks in advance
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It sounds like you are in note insert mode. You will see an icon with an 8th note and a + to the left of it if this is true. In the link below, the picture calls this mode Timewise. Select the triangle to the right of it and select the input option with an N. From now on N will start this note input mode until you change it. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input#note-input-modes.
In reply to It sounds like you are in… by mike320
God Bless you! I've been trying to figure this out for the last half hour. So 'N' is the shortcut to go in and out of the mode thats already been selected. Thanks a lot!
In reply to It sounds like you are in… by mike320
One more thing, how do I get rid of the extra rest thats sitting here? The measures been filled but its still there. I'm using this score for a new exercise, and it would be distracting to have it in there
In reply to One more thing, how do I get… by matthewhillier
You need to put everything you can in every staff in voices 1 & 2, only use voices 3 & 4 if you need more than 2 notes on a beat. You score looks like it will be a vocal score. Don't confuse singing voices soprano, alto, tenor and bass with notation voices 1, 2, 3, & 4. Tenor does not mean voice 3, it means tenor. In a closed score like this, its notes belong in voice 1 of the bass clef and the bass notes belong in voice 2.
In reply to You need to put everything… by mike320
Okay, got it. Thanks again
In reply to Okay, got it. Thanks again by matthewhillier
Happy to help.
In reply to Happy to help. by mike320
OK, I had much the same problem: Entering notes in a 4/4 measure; the program added rests equivalent to the note values I added to the measure. I cannot now delete the extra rests. The two bars affected have little grey + signs above them.
When I try deleting the whole bars, the extra rests remain.
In reply to OK, I had much the same… by Carlisticeday
You are in insert mode rather than Step-time note entry mode. You need to find the icon with the 8th note and the + next to it then click the tringle to the right of it and select Step-time mode for note entry. You can get rid of extra rests by selecting them and pressing ctrl+shift+delete.