New version shortcomings
I recently started using version 4.5.2.251141402.
I have these issues:
1st ending runs to end of line rather than selected measures.
multi-measures are either global on or off - can't be selected measures.
cannot access a Symbols menu, thereby limiting what symbols to use
Segno sign can only be at beginning or end of measure, not over a chosen note.
These are annoying, but it is still a great program!
Tim
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Can you provide more detail on the first three.
There can be a way to make number four work. kind of a pain, though.
In reply to Can you provide more detail… by bobjp
In older versions of MuseScore there was a "Z" command that allowed access to musical symbols of all kinds. Later it became a palette, now it is gone.
If I have a line of, say, 8 measures and want to make 2 of them into a 1st ending, then the first ending symbol appears over all 8, and the 2nd ending pops up randomly elsewhere on the score.
If have 8 measures of rest in one spot and one in another and two in another, I can only make them all multi rests, and not just the long one.
I forget what my fourth complaint was, but in continuing to work on the score I have found so many glitches that I want to go back to the last version. This is ridiculous.
In reply to In older versions of… by Tim Mainland
The forth one was the inability to place a Segno symbol (repeat to) symbol over a specific note rather than a measure line. This happens in music all the time.
I don't see how I can go back two upgrades to the version of 4.5 that worked -- pretty frustrated.
Tim
In reply to In older versions of… by Tim Mainland
Also, spend some time in the manual.
In reply to Not gone. View>Master… by bobjp
Thank you. Very helpful. 1.) I have been using MuseScore for many years and it is Indeed overdue time to read the manual again. I did not know where the symbols had gone. 2.) I cannot reproduce that problem with the 1st ending either, but that one score consistently fails - I dunno. It's not the program. 3.) Still can't get the the multimeasures how I want, but I see now how to work on it. Thank you, I'll figure it out. 4.) I see that the segno is limited in its use - and I can figure up a workaround. Thanks so much for the fast and friendly reply!
In reply to Thank you. Very helpful. 1… by Tim Mainland
Say we have a piece in 4/4 and we want the segno to appear on beat 3 of measure 3.
Place a 4/4 meter in measure 4. You'll see why in a minute.
Select a note on beat two of measure 3.
Add a bar line from the palette.
Place a 2/4 meter on the original measure 3. Now it and the next new measure are 2/4.
Select the second 2/4 measure and place the segno
Select in turn the 2/4, new bar line and the 4/4 in measure 4 and hit V.
Go to View>Show and un check Show Invisible.
Of course measure numbering is now off. So you'll need to adjust.
I just figured out how to do this all yesterday, so maybe not all the bugs are worked out. Good luck.