Adjusting default nr of frets on chord diagrams across score
Hello everyone, I received notes from a copyist with chord diagrams inserted in 6 frets. I'd like to change them into 4 frets (12 different cores), to make the scores easier to read. Is there a way to set a default number of frets across an entire score? I did some research online already and the copyist didn't know either. Adjusting each individual chord would be too much of a hassle... Many thanks!
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Click the first diagram
Shift-click the last diagram (thank Marc Sabatella for this!)
Set the number of frets in the Inspector
That should do it!
In reply to Click the first diagram… by scorster
Thanks for your reply! Tried this but it didn't work... Any ideas?
In reply to Thanks for your reply! Tried… by Noam Vazana
Then please share the score
In reply to Then please share the score by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks! It's 12 different scores :) Can you please send your email so I can send them in private?
In reply to Thanks! It's 12 different… by Noam Vazana
I can't, you blocked PMs (and I certainly won't publicly posz my email adress)
One sample score is enough, just remobe everrything but the fretboard diagrams
In reply to One sample score is enough by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi thanks again. I tried to send you a private message via your contact form, and made sure my PM's are activated. Anyhow, sharing one score here. Wasn't able to erase the notes and leave the chord symbols intact, because they are related to specific notes :) Thank you for your help!
In reply to Hi thanks again. I tried to… by Noam Vazana
That score stems from MuseScore 2.0.3.1 (a macOS only release), antedilivian (2.3.2 is the last 2.x, and on 3.x we're at 3.6.2, and 4.x is in the works as we speak)and indeed there the Inspector doesn't show fretbopard diagrams.
You need to update. Attached a version made with 3.6.2
In reply to Hi thanks again. I tried to… by Noam Vazana
Your contact form is still disabled BTW.
Compare https://musescore.org/en/user/407391 (enabled) with https://musescore.org/en/user/2723700 (disabled), both foreign accounts having participated in this tread, as I can't show/see mine nor you can see yours (in that way) ;-)
In reply to Hi thanks again. I tried to… by Noam Vazana
The click/shift-click method was introduced somewhere around 3.5, but much easier is to set the corresponding style option:
Although you'll need an up-to-date version for that style setting in the inspector as well.
In reply to The click/shift-click method… by jeetee
Thanks for your help folks. I have the MS3 already but the files from the copyist only opened in MS2 without bugs... Hence the lack of update :) So I guess it's a tedious job for me. Greetings!
In reply to Thanks for your help folks… by Noam Vazana
It's true that scores created in ancient versions of MusesScore may look different in modern versions, but that's not because of bugs - it's because of all the enormous improvements made to the defaults. In most cases, scores just look better. But in a few cases, people may have made manual adjustments to work around deficiencies /bugs in the older versions, and now that those problems are fixed, those manual adjustments turn out to be counterproductive. So some amount of cleanup - mostly a matter of removing the non-unnecessary manual adjustments - may be required. generally should take more than a minute or two to correct an older score once you understand what is going on. Definitely worth it, the time saved will be significant compared to the time wasted trying to continue to edit with older versions that lack all the modern time-saving features added in the years since.
In reply to It's true that scores… by Marc Sabatella
As a start, if you load the score you attached into MuseScore 3.6.2, and in the dialog that appears, check the top three boxes and click "Apple new style", it already looks a ton better - all the inappropriate manual adjustments in the original are gone and the defaults look decent. You can also delete the unnecessary spacers (eg, right-click one, Select / All Similar Elements, Delete).
In reply to The click/shift-click method… by jeetee
Jeetee wrote > Select the first fretboard diagram
Press the "S" (set as style) button on the right of the "frets" input field in the Inspector (F8)
When the goal is ALL diagrams at the same number of frets you style-governed approach is a little cooler than my shift-click suggestion!
scorster
In reply to Jeetee wrote > Select the… by scorster
Thank you everyone who answered.
Somehow my MS didn't want to comply with all your tips. I didn't even have the "S" button in my inspector and I had to revert each chord diagram manually. However, now that the deed is done, I'll make sure my next copyist has an identical MS version.
Btw, wouldn't it be truly awesome if all the scores will just open automagically, no matter which version they were written with? Just hoping here!
Warm regards
In reply to Thank you everyone who… by Noam Vazana
Indeed MuseScore 2 doesn't have that. MuseScore 3(.6.2) does.
Every MuseScore version can open all scores from older (major) versions, but no older major version can open any score fronm a newer major version. And that ain't gonna change with MuseScore 4.