Eighth note followed by eighth rest not rendering
I have a piece with several instances of an eighth note followed by an eighth rest that render as simply a quarter note with a staccato mark. The input file is a MIDI file. These instances are rendered correctly using more than one notation program, but not musescore.
The file is attached. See measure 24 & 25 for an example.
Is there some setting that will cause these combinations to render correctly?
FYI: an eighth rest followed by an eighth note is rendered correctly by musescore.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Sonatine1x.mid | 20.1 KB |
Comments
MIDI doesn't have any way to distinguish a staccato quarter from an eighth note, or from a sixteenth, or triplet, or any other notated duration. So there is no one "correct" way to interpret that MIDI data. I think most human musicians (and professional editors) would prefer the staccato quarter notation in cases like this. But if you have special reason to prefer the notation with rests, simply uncheck the "simplify durations" box in the MIDI import panel then hit Apply.
In reply to MIDI doesn't have any way to… by Marc Sabatella
I went to Edit | Preferences... | Import but did not see a box labeled "simplify durations" (screen shot attached).
Is it found somewhere else?
In reply to I went to Edit | Preferences… by tpgettys
Not in Edit / Preferences - in the import window that appears as soon you actually import the MIDI file.
In reply to Not in Edit / Preferences -… by Marc Sabatella
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/midi-import for more information about that.
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by jeetee
Thanks jeetee, that helped a lot, and it worked like a charm!