Move to next measure while inputting chords
When I add guitar chords to the piece using Command K, it adds the chord properly. However I cannot get the CMD+ -> to index to the next measure.
I am using the latest Musescore 4 and the latest Mac OS.
Any ideas of what I am doing wrong.
I can choose the 1st note in the next measure and then CMD+K each chord, this wasn't necessary in Musescore 3.
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You can certainly use Space to move to the next beat, note or rest
That score stems from (read: has last been saved with) 3.6.2 BTW
OK, uploaded the wrong file. Here is the Musescore 4 file. hitting space bar turns on play.
Trying to move from the chord symbol to the next measure to input a new chord symbol, using the keyboard shortcut in the handbook. It says "CMD+->" for the mac. or command+right arrow.
In reply to Trying to move from the… by PollyWally
That's exactly the shortcut you claimed to not work...
And yes, this seems to be happening to some Macs
But try reverting MuseScore to factory settings or at least find and delete shortcuts.xml, then restart MuseScore and check again
In reply to That's exactly the shortcut… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, the shortcut, "CMND + -->" does not work.
Or Command+right arrow key. Same thing, different way of saying it because I thought possibly I was reading the right arrow designation wrong on the handbook.
The handbook defines this as the shortcut.
I reverted back to all original settings. reopened 4 and same thing happens.
"CMD + K" , enter chord, then hit the shortcut.it does index to the next measure.
In reply to Yes, the shortcut, "CMND + -… by PollyWally
So far it's still not really understood why some keyboards don't work with Ctrl+Right / Cmd+Right. There's been some work done to try to address some related issues for 4.1, but o far no progress on this in particular.
I'm guessing someone experiencing the problem could probably figure out a workaround by experimenting with shortcuts file itself - use the button in Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts to write your current shortcuts to an XML, then edit that in a text editor, then load that back into MuseScore. But, it would be trial and error, and I don't have any great advice.
What I can suggest is using Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts to try customizing some shortcuts. For instance, you could try changing the "Go to next measure / move text right quickly" shortcut to something else. But, you might find you are limited to shortcuts that focus on Spsce or semicolon plus modifiers. You can also customize the shortcuts for the various different "Advance cursor" commands. A whole note advance is basically "next measure" in you're in 4/4.
In reply to So far it's still not really… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks very much for the complete explanation. I was hoping it was some oddball setting on my wife's and mine desktop macs but alas, no. Still the best program for music, thanks for your part in it. ;-)