How to add longas and other symbols in older music in MuseScore
If it's not possible then what can be a substitute to a longa?
I'm trying to correct a baroque piece converted with multiple errors.
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Longas are supported, you enter them like any other note. Just need a measure that is long enough for this.
For this particular look you'd need to change the notehead to an "alt. Longa" via the Inspector, I believe (not at my computer right now to double check)
In reply to Longas are supported, you… by Jojo-Schmitz
I pressed head group and it says alt. brevis not alt. longa
In reply to I pressed head group and it… by wachamcaulid
Oh, of course, sorry.
Thar, however, is what your image shows.
A Longa is basically the same, but with a stem.
See also https://w3c.github.io/smufl/latest/tables/noteheads.html, your images showd a
noteheadDoubleWholeSquareor maybe anoteheadDoubleWholeSquareOversized(the latter is not available in MuseScore, the former is that "Alt. Brevis"In reply to Oh, of course, sorry. by Jojo-Schmitz
oh I just found master palette and it says alt. brevis. Thanks but how do you add that to the measure? I tried adding it and the note group was changed but it doesn't look like the longa that I showed.
In reply to oh I just found master… by wachamcaulid
What you showed is a(n Alt.) Brevis (maybe an oversized one), not a Longa
As said, a Longa would have a stem
In reply to I pressed head group and it… by wachamcaulid
First - are you actually entering a breve, or a longa, or some other note value? best to attach your score so we can understand and assist better.
Breves and longas are entered normally, just like any other duration - select the duration on the toolbar (you need to be in the Advanced workspace to see these options) then enter the pitch. if you also want to take an existing crrectly-entered duration but change the head, then you can use the Inspector to do that. it doesn't change the actual duration, just the physical appearance. So to use the alt brevis, you should have entered a regular breve first, then use the Inspector to change its physical appearance.
Not sure what "alt longa" is supposed to indicate though. The notes you show in your image appear to me to be breves, not longas. Are you saying you intended them to be performed twice as long as a breve?
In reply to First - are you actually… by Marc Sabatella
this is the score I'm trying to correct:
Watkin's_Ale.mscz
I was trying to go for the very last measure of:
IMSLP602938-PMLP969911-Anon_FVB_180_Watkins_Ale.pdf
In reply to this is the score I'm trying… by wachamcaulid
That is 6/4, a longa would need 16/4, but, as said that is a brevis, so you'd need 8/4 as the actual duration of that last measure
In reply to That is 6/4, a longa would… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok I get it now but is it possible to make the brevis look like the mensural notation version or is that unsupported?
In reply to Ok I get it now but is it… by wachamcaulid
Yes, by changing it to an Alt. Brevis ;-)
In reply to Yes, by changing it to an… by Jojo-Schmitz
I tried it and it didn't work
edit: I forgot to change the head type to brevis even if I changed the head group ahahahahaha