multi measure rests
Can anyone help? When I go to do multiple measure rests by selecting bars and then pressing 'M" it always defaults to 32 bars - why I am only selecting 7.
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The multi measure switch does not work for a selected number of measures - only for all of them.
In reply to The multi measure switch… by HildeK
Musescore will break multimeasure rests automatically at "musically significant" points, including rehearsal marks, double bars, time signature changes, key signature changes. You can also force a break at any point by right clicking in a measure and in measure properties ticking the box "Break multimeasure rest".
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/measure-rests-and-multimeasure-rests
In reply to Musescore will break… by SteveBlower
Yes, but after these "significant" points, the multi measure rest continues.
You can't just change some rests to a multi measure rest and not all the others. Unless you put this "Break multimeasure rest" at each pause.
In reply to Yes, but after these … by HildeK
The minimum number of rests to make into a multimeasure rest can be set in Format>Style>Rests. The default is 2, but if you prefer to see more uncondensed rests you can set a larger number.
I think that should cover most real world uses and if not then for the other, esoteric uses you can indeed break each multimeasure rest anywhere by individually setting the "break" property in each measure.
In reply to The minimum number of rests… by SteveBlower
Yes, this is all well known.
But 'lbrooko' likes to select a certain number of empty measures and combine them to a multimeasure rest - and only those. At least he/she needs to the set the minimum number of rests to 7 and must set this 'break' at every sixth or seventh measure.
I would like to understand the application of 'lbrooko' ...
In reply to Yes, this is all well known… by HildeK
Yes, why would one want to do that and why don't the existing commands suffice? The more "options" and commands Musescore has, the more possibilities for bugs. Unless there is a real world musical reason to have irregular sections of non-condensed empty measures, I see no reason to facilitate it with another option or command. An alternative, but slightly kludgy method of course is to add an empty text object. That can easily be copied/pasted wherever an apparently empty but non-merged rest is wanted.