Connecting 2 or more scores in a new one. (Old Album function)
Is it possible now in MuseScore 4.5.2 to make a new score out of 2 or more existing one?. I did not found jet this option. If it is not possible now, will this be implemented in future 5.0 version ?.
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It's been promised since 3.0 but still hasn't happened, so I've given up waiting on it
In reply to It's been promised since 3.0… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank You very much for your answer. I was asking for this possibility because I have to connect 3 scores. I can not use the command "Copy/Paste" because it does not transfer the specified "Tempo" for single notes. The scores contain a lot of variations in tempo, velocity etc. which are not "standard" covered in the Tempo Palette for example: piu mosso, meno mosso, poco a poco dim. poco rit. etc.
If you have a good idea to solve my problem, i will appreciate it very much.
In reply to Thank You very much for your… by puggbma
Depends on what you want the scores connected for.
If you want the scores connected in order to print them as a single book, take all page numbers (and similar) out of the score. Export as .PDF, then combine the three .PDF files into one with Adobe Acrobat or another similar tool.
If you want the scores connected in order to have them play as a single file, export as .WAV (or another appropriate format) and combine them in Audacity or another DAW-like tool.
It would not be impossible to copy/paste them; it would be extremely difficult and time-consuming. To do so, you would append enough measures to the end of one. You would add a Section Break from the Layout palette or panel (depending on your version). You would manually add the initial tempo to the first of the new measures. Then you would copy and paste small pieces of the second score.
For example, the first measure is a pickup. Copy/paste that as one piece, then correct the Actual duration of the measure. Then there are five measures before Start Repeat and Segno symbols. Copy/paste that as one piece, then add the Start Repeat barline and the Segno. Then there are 16 measures before a Fine. Copy/paste those as one piece, then add the Fine symbol. Then there are 12 more measures before the End Repeat and 1st and 2nd voltas. Copy/paste these as one piece and manually add the End Repeat and the volta. And so forth. (You can see what I mean by "extremely difficult and time-consuming".)
In reply to Depends on what you want the… by TheHutch
Thank you very much for your many ideas and explanations.
I wanted to combine the three scores in MuseScore to have a single MuseScore score and audible .mp3 file, both with playback in MuseScore and in a DAW.
Currently, I exported the three scores in .mp3 format from MuseScore and then combined them with Audacity. That worked pretty well.
I also tried the copy/paste solution (although this solution is very tedious and almost never practical), but the main problem for me is that when MuseScore copies bars from one score to another, it loses the different tempos assigned to the individual notes.
As a third attempt, I tried exporting the scores in .musicXml format and writing a program that adds the .musicXml files together, but so far, it doesn't work. I don't know the musicXml format well enough to create a new, proper score for MuseScore.
Until MuseScore implements a viable "merge scores" option, we'll have to live with the export method.
Thanks again for your help.
In reply to Thank you very much for your… by puggbma
I have been working on a musicxml-merger application (python)
Documentation is not (yet) up to date.
Version 1.3 adds options to get instrument information from MuseScore's instruments.xml, either 'automatically' (app attempts to find the correct instrument in instruments.xml) of manual (a dialog is presented). No info from instruments.xml means that music21 python library will select the instrument. (and only GM instrumenst are known to music21.
To be considerd beta quality. Only use on backup scores.
Give it a try... (only tested on Linux)
You need the python app and instruments.xml . Best to have all files in one directory. Start from that directory.
https://github.com/diedeno/MusicXML-Merger/tree/1.3.0
In reply to I have been working on a… by graffesmusic
Thank You very much for your information. I have just downloaded your app and i will have a look to see if I can use it for my purposes or maybe I can ajusted it to my needs. Thank s lot again.