Measure properties
I have downloaded Musescore 3.6.2 but cannot find the measure properties link as I need to add a pickup bar. I have an English language version and the word "bar" is used instead of "measure". I go: Add > Bars > but no bar or measure properties tag appears. Does anyone know where I can find it?
Many thanks
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So you got the British English settings, there indeed it is Bar Properties. You should see it on right-click onto a bar.
It never was in Add > Bars (or Add > Measure in the American English setting), what makes you thing it should be there?
Also the New Score Wizard does ask for whether you want a pickup measure (or anacrusis).
In reply to So you got the British… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sincere thanks Jojo-Schmitz. I have a Mac and the right-click doesn't work with my machine. As a last resort I tried Control-click with the first bar highlighted, and lo! there was Bar Properties. Problem solved. I'm still working on the finer points of DC, Fine etc, but I now understand how to insert a pickup bar in Musescore. Many thanks again. Other Mac users might find it helpful to try the Control key if the machine doesn't respond to right-ckick.
In reply to Sincere thanks Jojo-Schmitz… by 2anthill
Indeed Control+click is the same thing on a Mac, esp, on its 1-button mouses. I'm pretty sure the MuseScore handbook does mention this.
Edit: it does, for example in https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/clefs#display-clef-particular and a few other places (8 in total), but by far not on every occasion where a right-click is mentioned (87 in total).
In reply to Sincere thanks Jojo-Schmitz… by 2anthill
BTW: there once was the request to change all "right-click" into "secondary clisc", because that aparently is what it is called on a Mac. But with Windows users being the vast majority and "secondary click" having no meaning to them, nor to Linux users, it was decided to leave it at right-click.
In reply to BTW: there once was the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Again thanks for your very helpful advice. I'm new to Musescore, and although it has many similarities to a music writing program I used some years ago – which is why I like it so much – it's still a learning curve.
In reply to Sincere thanks Jojo-Schmitz… by 2anthill
I have the same problem with my MacBook Pro, but the Control-click does not work. Any other suggestions are appreciated.