Creating a complex tuplet
See attached image. Is there any way to write that kind of 8:5 polyrhythm in the latest version of Musescore 4? 8 quavers in the right hand that should last as much as the 5 quavers of the left hand. It's a passage from an actual existing piece, slightly changed and rewritten in Sibelius to avoid copyright issues, but anyway, this kind of polyrhythm does exist, it's written this way, and there are multiple occurrences of similar or even more complicated polyrhythms in the piece. I couldn't seem to find a way to write this in Musescore. I'd prefer a solution that doesn't use any weird tricks involving hiding notes or rests, and stuff like that. If this passage can't be written in a simple way in Musescore, I think it may be about time Musescore changes the way it handles tuplets. I always considered it very unintuitive anyway.
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How about showing us the notional time signature, so that we can all understand what base the tuplets should deviate from?
In reply to How about showing us the… by DanielR
The piece doesn't have a time signature. The bar I've attached is a simple 4/4 time, though, or 8 quavers in one bar.
After more research I found this: https://musescore.org/en/node/331197
This procedure technically solves the issue of the bar I've attached, but I can't say it's a particularly convenient solution, and most importantly, if I happen to have multiple complex polyrhythms like this one at the same time, this solution wouldn't even work! It's more of a "workaround" instead of an actual solution, which is a sign the program needs to improve this aspect, imho.