Swing mode
I am new to MuseScore, so am struggling with some very basic things. First, when I enter something like "swing" into this website's search, it takes me to a bunch of arrangements that have something to do with "swing" rather than taking me to forums concerned with "swing". Next, I watched a couple videos, and it appears that all I'm supposed to do to get a swing playback (67% on the downbeats and 33% on the upbeats) is drag and drop the text "Swing" over the first note. The problem is when I drag this text, I get a circle-backslash symbol, and I can't drop it. Can someone please help? Many thanks.
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Don't drag. Select a note or rest where you want the Swing marker to go and then click on the text in the palette.
You can drag and drop but it requires a steady hand to find the correct "landing zone" sometimes. Select and click is much easier.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/using-palettes#add-palette-item for more information on how to add palette items.
In reply to Don't drag. Select a note… by SteveBlower
Thank you very much for the quick reply. If I do as you suggest, click the note and then select "Swing", nothing happens, regardless of how steady my hand is. I feel like I missed step 0 somehow.
In reply to Thank you very much for the… by GregVolk
There is no step 0
Step 1 click on the note - it should highlight to show it is selected.
Step 2 click on the palette item to add it to the score.
In both steps "click" means click the left mouse button. The right button does other things.
Did you look at the handbook article? It has a nice animated gif showing how to add a dynamic. Adding a text item works the same way.
In reply to There is no step 0 Step 1… by SteveBlower
Thanks Steve. Yes, I read the handbook article, and do exactly what it says. I see the highlight over the note or rest I select, but when I click on "Swing" nothing happens. If I try to drag it over, I get a circle-backslash symbol, as if to say I missed a step. Something's amiss, and I can't for the life of me figure what.
In reply to Thanks Steve. Yes, I read… by GregVolk
Which version of Musescore are you using? A few versions ago, the action to add something from a palette changed to single click from double click. Does double click work?
In reply to Which version of Musescore… by SteveBlower
I am using 3.3.4. I just downloaded what I thought was the current version. Should I find a different one? Yes, when I double click, it FINALLY shows up. However, the playback is NOT swing, so it still doesn't accomplish anything.
In reply to I am using 3.3.4. I just… by GregVolk
So update, at least to 3.6.2. There is a big list of fixed bugs you are missing. Who knows, Swing not cooperating may be one of them.
Also try the latest version 4.1.1 it can coexeist on your PC with any version 3.x.x but although it has many new improved features it currently lacks a few features present in 3.6.2 and it requires somewhat mores powerful hardware to get some features to work satisfactorily.
Look here for the latest 4.1.1 version and also see the link on that page for older versions including 3.6.2. https://musescore.org/en/download