Prima volta open in musescore 4
Hello,
While using Musescore 4, I need to add a prima volta open, and can only find a seconda volta open, which I can't seem to modify by changing the 2 to 1.
It seems it was possible in musescore 3 with inspector (switch no end ?), but I cannot find inspector in musescore 4.
How to do that in musescore 4 ?
Thanks for your help
Arnaud
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Comments
Open prima voltas are rare things You will have to modify a closed one.
Add a closed volta then in Properties, remove the ending hook.
You can then CTRL+SHIFT+ Drag it to a palette do that you can use it elsewhere.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/voltas#change-playback
And
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/palettes#add-score-elements
In reply to Open prima voltas are rare… by SteveBlower
Thanks Steve
"Select volta / properties / end hook choice" works.
Still al lot to learn :)
Arnaud
Primae voltae are usually closed and encompass the last measure or few measures immediately before a repeat. What piece of music do you have where this is different? Or, maybe you are trying to do something that is better done in a different way?
In reply to Primae voltae are usually… by underquark
New and very interesting for me: when the 1st Volta is used in this piece with or without end hooks, it behaves differently!
In reply to Primae voltae are usually… by underquark
Indeed! I didn't want to ask "Why are you doing this?" But now the OP knows how to do it, my curiosity has got the better of me and I will ask: Why are you doing this?
In reply to Indeed! I didn't want to ask… by SteveBlower
Hello,
That was the way it was written on the paper score.
But I prefer the solution of defining the end of the volta myself (shift / ->) rather than leaving it open.
Arnaud
In reply to Hello, That was the way it… by Arno_1111
Well, your paper score is very unusual. I don't know that I have ever seen an open prima volta line other than in hurriedly-prepared, hand-written scores and there are many things in those that shouldn't make it to an engraved version (but do, unfortunately).
Also, looking at your example, you can keep the volta's end hook and merely move the end point anchor:
![Prima_volta.png]( "Prima_volta.png")
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/adjusting-elements-directly#change-…
In reply to Also, looking at your… by Jm6stringer
Hello,
In fact, this method seems more logical to me since it defines the beginning and the end clearly.
But I did not know the "shift / ->" methodology.
Thanks for the best practice !
Arnaud
In reply to Hello, In fact, this method… by Arno_1111
But you can also select the two measures and add then the volta ...
In reply to But you can also select the… by HildeK
Even simpler, thanks.