Control of horizontal space in score

• Oct 9, 2022 - 19:51

Is it possible to control the horizontal space, i.e. I would like to define that a beat occupies the same space, whether is composed by 1 quarter-note or by 2 16th-note or by 4 32th-note.

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• Oct 9, 2022 - 22:02

You wrote:
I would like to define that a beat occupies the same space, whether is composed by 1 quarter-note or by 2 16th-note...

Welcome aboard...
Hmm... assume you now define 2 16th-notes to occupy the same space as 1 quarter note (a beat). What do you propose for 4 16th-notes to occupy?
What about 2 8th-notes? Shouldn't that be considered the same space as a beat?

Can you provide an image of music written using this new spacing paradigm?

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• Oct 10, 2022 - 10:07

I don't have an image, as that is what I'm still trying to understand with which tool I can accomplish it.
I need it because I'm making a figures with onset detection algorithm outputs (with x-axis in seconds) on top of musical scores, so I'd need the musical score to have such proportional x-axis.

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• Oct 10, 2022 - 12:26

Typos in "2 16th-note or by 4 32th-note" ?

I think that you must mean that space for 1-quarter = same space for 4-sixteenths = same for 8-thirtyseconds, (and by implication 2-eighths). This would give a linear proportional x-axis which would definitely be useful in some situations.

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• Oct 10, 2022 - 12:46

If that is the correct understanding of the OP's post then there is a workaround available.

  1. In an unused voice, fill the measures with rests of the shortest duration you are dealing with
  2. Enter the notes in voice 1
  3. Make the rests in voice 2 invisible.

Like this:

PropSpace.png

MuseScore 4 has a revised note spacing algorithm that can be customised to provide linear proportional spacing.

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