System text & stave text - massive error
Hello, I'm reporting an error with adding text (specifically, system and stave text; I did not check other text features). I was trying to add a ritardando to the last two measures of a piece, for which there is no option (a huge oversight--will presently file a separate report about that), and my attempt to do it manually by adding text instead suddenly created six extraneous lines of text above the measure, which upset the page formatting. Screenshot attached.
Please fix this error!
Thank you,
Jet
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My guess is that you selected a range and Musescore (correctly) added the text to each note in the range, which is what you asked for. If you want stave text on one note, just select one note.
If my guess is incorrect, please come back and attach the score (.mscz file) so that someone can see what is going on.
In reply to My guess is that you… by SteveBlower
I need to create text which indicates two measures, so both measures are selected. It didn't create one line per note.
In reply to I need to create text which… by nagra.xii
You say in your initial post that you are trying to add a ritenuto line. That should be present in the tempo pallet as "rit." After adding it you can click on the text and change it to "ritenuto" in full or "rall." for example.
In reply to You say in your initial post… by SteveBlower
Actually what I said was I was trying to add a ritardando, not ritenuto. There is no option for ritardando (or anything like it) in the tempo palette, and I am using the latest version of the programme.
In reply to Actually what I said was I… by nagra.xii
There are various tempo change markings in my tempo pallet. If yours are missing, try clicking on the three dots at the top right of the pallet and selecting "Reset Pallet".
This is what I see in the Tempo pallet
If you mean there is no "ritardando", as I said, you can edit the text of the line once it has been added from the Properties panel
And then you can hold down CTRL+SHIFT and drag the edited version from the score to your pallet for future re-use.
In reply to There are in my tempo pallet… by SteveBlower
I did reset my palette, but you have far more options on your menu than I have on mine. No idea why. What you see here is literally all there is.
Does your ritardando selection actually impact the playback tempo?
In reply to I did reset my palette, but… by nagra.xii
That is very strange. Actually, my "More" section contains duplicates of some of the items already in the tempo pallet which is also odd.
You say you are using the latest version. Is that version 4.0.1? Look in the Help>About menu to check.
Yes, the tempo change lines do affect the playback tempo.
Perhaps a revert to factory settings would help in your case. Look in the Help menu for that. It is not clear to me exactly what gets reset, but it might be useful to make a back up of any customisations, including templates and styles that you have created before doing the reversion. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/customization for more information on where such customised settings are stored.
In reply to I did reset my palette, but… by nagra.xii
Are you sure to be using Mu4 and not Mu3?
Based on the screenshot of your palette as well as the behavior when adding staff text, it seems to me you are using an extremely old experimental build from early on in the MuseScore 4 development process - maybe from around two years ago. What does Help / About report? Anyhow, whatever it is, it's not MuseScore 4. Best to remove it and be sure to install the current version, 4.0.1
In reply to Based on the screenshot of… by Marc Sabatella
That’s quite strange, because I only downloaded it about a month ago. I suppose I can delete it and try again however, thanks for the suggestion.
In reply to That’s quite strange,… by nagra.xii
What does Help > About say?
In reply to What does Help > About say? by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't see anything titled 'about' under help.
In reply to I don't see anything titled … by nagra.xii
Help > About MuseScore?
In reply to I don't see anything titled … by nagra.xii
Or on a Mac: MuseScore > About MuseScore
In reply to That’s quite strange,… by nagra.xii
Where did you download it from? And what OS? The only official place to download MuseScore from is this very website - via the main page, or the Download menu. On Windows and macOS, that may involve first downloading Muse Hub and then downloading from there, or you can download directly from this website.
On Linux, it's always direct. But definitely, don't trust any third party sites that purport to offer MuseScore, no idea what they might be providing.
In reply to Where did you download it… by Marc Sabatella
I downloaded it from Musescore. I did not download Muse Hub, I didn't want it, and instead downloaded the version they offered on the main website. I have Ventura 13.2.1, the latest OS.
In reply to I downloaded it from… by nagra.xii
But, again, which version of Musescore are you using?
BTW, it's not really a bug that previous versions of MuseScore would do what you asked them to - you had multiple elements selected, and the usual behavior of clicking a palette item is to add the item to all selected elements. However, sometimes maybe a year or so ago, a tweak was made to the behavior of MuseScore 4 so that an exception was made for certain element types that some people felt they'd rarelt want to add to multiple elements at once, such as staff text. So the actual released version of MuseScore 4 no longer does this when you have a range selected. But it still is completely correct that the item would be added to all selected elements if instead of selecting a range, you elect the individual elements (eg, by Ctrl+clicking them one at a time, or right-clicking and using the Select menu, etc).
In reply to BTW, it's not really a bug… by Marc Sabatella
It didn't create an item for all the selected elements--only what was shown in the screenshot. It didn't affect the second measure I selected, only the first. But what you explained about the new feature sounds like an improvement in any case. Thanks for your help.