Musescore 4
There is much to like about Musescore 4.
The following three changes would increase convenience:
1. The ability to change the number of measures per each system would allow adjusting pagination to facilitate page turns.
2. The automatic cursor location jump at the end of a system or page is an aggravation when one is not finished writing the previous measure.
3. When writing triplets to the quarter note, for example, the triplet selector changes the note denomination to eighths. This selection process is required for each beat. That means: select the quarter note, select triplet, confirm, write triplet beat, then repeat the whole process in order to write the next beat. I would suggest that once triplet is selected it should remain in process until cancelled.
Thanks.
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"1. The ability to change the number of measures per each system would allow adjusting pagination to facilitate page turns."
That is exactly what a System Break is used for. Select a note or rest in your intended last measure, then either use the Enter key or pick the System Break from the Layout palette.
Handbook:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/systems-and-horizontal-spacing
In reply to "1. The ability to change… by DanielR
Thanks for this instruction. Works!
"3. When writing triplets to the quarter note, for example, the triplet selector changes the note denomination to eighths. This selection process is required for each beat. That means: select the quarter note, select triplet, confirm, write triplet beat, then repeat the whole process in order to write the next beat. I would suggest that once triplet is selected it should remain in process until cancelled."
A workaround is to create your first triplet but leave the rests empty. Then you can copy your triplet repeatedly to fill a whole measure, and copy the measure with its empty triplets into as many subsequent measures as you need. After that you can enter the actual notes without interruption.
For the second point, you can disable the automatic cursor by clicking the gear/settings option in the play panel and disabling automatic cursor...or use the shortcut ctrl+space.
If you want a whole measure (or more) of triplets, it's quicker to create all the triplets first and then enter the notes.
Note input doesn't recognise the notes as different from normal eighth notes. It's the tuplet that changes their duration, not the notes themselves. When you enter the last triplet and the cursor moves to a rest outside the tuplet, nothing changes; you're still entering eighth notes. Just like if you're entering quarter notes in 4/4 and you get to the end of the measure and the next measure is 2/2, it doesn't automatically change to half notes because the time signature changed; you're still entering quarter notes.