Notes counted wrong in a 3/4 time measure

• Jul 13, 2020 - 21:05

I entered tuplet notes (see attachment) in a 3/4 time measure. After entering the equivalent of 3 quarter notes, I still have a quarter note and an eighth note left. I entered the quintuplet as an 5:2 quintuplet on an eighth note. I entered the Sextuplet as a 6:2 on an eighth note, then I entered the last quintuplet as a 5:2 on an eighth note. You can also see a whole rest in the bass clef. It should be a half rest and a quarter rest. I looked at measure properties and it says the measure is a 3/4 time measure. Did I do something wrong?
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OK, let's do the math:

  1. I entered the quintuplet as an 5:2 quintuplet on an eighth note
  2. I entered the Sextuplet as a 6:2 on an eighth note
  3. then I entered the last quintuplet as a 5:2 on an eighth note

I count 3 eighth notes so far.

  1. I still have a quarter note and an eighth note left

That makes 4 eighth plus one quarter -> 3 quarter

I guess you want the tuplets on quarters instead?

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

I don't know. All I know is that when you add an eighth note and do a 5:2 quintuplet, Musescore converts that eighth note to a sixteenth note in the score and adds 4 sixteenth note rests for you to put the other four notes, which is what I want. I want 5 sixteenth notes in the space of four. However, if I put a sixteenth note on the page and tell Musescore I want a 5:4 quintuplet, it automatically converts the sixteenth notes into 32nd notes. Maybe the time works out right, but visually that is wrong! It should show 5 sixteenth notes on the page, not 5 32nd notes.

if what you want is a "5plet" on the 1st and on the 3rd times and a "6plet" on the 2nd time, with the measure full with these 3 "tuplets" simply use CTRL+ 5 and CTRL+6 on QUATER Rests. If you enter any tuplets regular or not, on an eight note, his lengh will be 1/2 time cause eight note. Enter it on a quater rest, it will be 1 time.
For the whole rest in bass stave, I think "convention" is to write a whole rest in any time signature, 3/4 4/4 5/4 Tuplets.png

In reply to by odelphi231

Note or Rest is the same, the only thing important is the lengh, don't worry about sixteen, eighteen....... you only want 5 or 6 NOTES on 1 time, Simply begin to have your 3 times , separate, note or rest . Without thinking if it will be sixteen or others, enter how many notes you want in the time 1 so Ctrl+5, and it's done !! idem for time 2

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