Inserting longer rests into piano sheet music
I'm trying to insert longer rests in between notes in some piano sheet music for a simple made up tune and it keeps moving my notes around and even takes some out to where it messes the song up. How do I make it to where I can insert rests and not have the song messed up?
I am a beginner at the program so not too familiar with what it does, but know how to add notes. I also know some about piano so I know some notes.
Thank you!
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You could use insert mode to insert rests. However, that would mean your measures would end up with more beats than indicated by the time signature. See here for how to enable insert mode https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/alternative-note-input-methods#in…
But rather than do that you could select the notes after the point where you want rests and use CTRL+X to cut them and then select the place after the "long" rests where actually want the notes and use CTRL+V to paste them there. See https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/copy-and-paste
In reply to You could use insert mode to… by SteveBlower
I've already inputed the lyrics. I want to insert another rest between words without having to retype the lyrics. In other words, I want the words to stay with the notes after inserting a rest.
In reply to I've already inputed the… by ANjustice
Cut and paste is the way to go then.
In reply to Cut and paste is the way to… by SteveBlower
I've tried that and it doesn't work. It just takes out some of my words and other notes around the area I want to put longer rests in.
In reply to I've tried that and it doesn… by ANjustice
In that case I am not understanding what you are trying to do.
Try attaching your score as it is now and also a sketch of what you want it to look like.
In reply to In that case I am not… by SteveBlower
I'm attaching it the way it is now and it's the version that doesn't say "Copy", but the one that says "Copy" on the end is the one where I add an extra rest in the first line of the song and it messed up. It's the very end of the first line where it says "Mister tree? then "I see the". I'm trying to add one more rest in between "tree" and "I. There's already one rest there, but decided it needs another one before "I see the".
In reply to I'm attaching it the way it… by ANjustice
Nope, you had the lyrics included correctly. Here's your Mr. Tree - Copy with an extra rest before the second line. I simply selected the notes from "see" (in "see the sky") to the end, cut them (Ctrl+X), turned the whole measure rest into three quarter rests in that measure, then pasted (Ctrl+V) onto the second quarter rest ... which pushes the entire piece farther out by one beat.
Mr. Tree- copy 2.mscz
[A few moments later] And here's what I think (???) you actually wanted? Cut-and-paste as I did the other.
Mr. Tree 2.mscz
In reply to I've tried that and it doesn… by ANjustice
If cut-and-paste doesn't work, then you've likely inserted your lyrics incorrectly. Normally, if you Cut/Paste or Copy/Paste notes, their attached lyrics move with them.
However, still another method: insert whole measures, even multiple measures, at the appropriate points: Add / Measures
Consider making that measure (and only that measure 4/4. Have the Ab on beat four.