rests

• Nov 21, 2021 - 23:09

how do i get rid of the rests?


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In particular, every time you add a note, msueScore automatically calculates the appropriate rests to use to complete the measure. So you normally never need to think about that, it takes care of itself. Just add the notes and rests you want left to right just as if you were writing by hand, but unlike writing by hand, if you stop midway through, you're not left with incorrect notation because some measures are short beats.

It's also possible you have some special case where you have rests you actually don't need, likely when using multiple voices where some voices enter mid-measure, or where you accidentally skipped voice 1 and now need to move notes into that voice, or if producing education materials where you want empty measures for a student to write in notes. if so, please attach your score and explain what you are trying to do in more detail, then we can understand and assist better.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

If I may, Marc...

I've run into odd situations where I don't rests to "be there.". As Marc says, you can't really tell Musescore to ignore the beat calculations in a measure BUT you can get rid of a rest by hiding it. Select the rest, and then press V on your PC or Mac keyboard. The rest is still there but rendered invisible. Will that work for you?

In reply to by Lee Batchelor

Indeed, that's occasionally necessary in special cases, like for piano music where the rules of notation do allow certain leading or trailing rests to be omitted when the rhythm and use of voices is 100% clear.

Still, I'm reluctant to just suggest people hide rests because 90% of the time, the rests someone wants to hide are either there because the music was entered incorrectly (eg, skipping voice 1), or they really do need to be there. So it is best if we can see the actual score in order to give the most appropriate advice.

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