Fermatas Changing tempo
When I added fermatas to notes it changed the tempo thereafter in the piece. I looked online but there doesn't and tried a few things but nothing works. I saw something on adjusting the time stretch, but this doesn't seem to work. If I have it on anything more than 100%, the tempo gets cut in half.
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In reply to Please attach a score (.MSCZ… by TheHutch
Here is the information:
OS: macOS 15.5, Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.5.2-251141402, revision: ac9d3bc
Attached is the file for the particular score I'm working on where I notice the problem.
In reply to Here is the information: OS:… by jvlibbo
"When I added fermatas to notes it changed the tempo thereafter in the piece. I looked online but there doesn't and tried a few things but nothing works. "
All of the fermatas in your sample score are set to a custom Time Stretch of 100% - click the Playback button in the Properties panel to see this property. A Time Stretch of 100% means "no change at all", because the duration of the note or rest is left as normal. By default, a new fermata added to a score is set with a Time Stretch of 200%, which means a duration twice as long as the target note or rest.
The only elements affecting playback of your sample score are the caesuras , which have the default Pause Time of 2 seconds (see Properties panel, Playback button).
In reply to Here is the information: OS:… by jvlibbo
I do not hear the tempo change, but I do hear the music stop completely at the caesura (as expected!) and then continue at the same tempo. If you remove the caesura, the music continues at the same tempo. If you change the Playback of the fermata, it slows the one note and then continues at the same tempo.
Sorry, I don't hear what you have described.
In reply to I do not hear the tempo… by TheHutch
Sorry, I had the fermatas set to 100% because that's the only way it would retain the tempo in following measures. I have switched them back to 200% and the tempo in the following measures are cut in half. I have attached a new .mscz file.
In reply to Sorry, I had the fermatas… by jvlibbo
[quarter note]=68 before; [quarter note]=68 after. No change in tempo
FYI: 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 are normally notated with metronome markings of [dotted quarter note]=##. The equivalent for your 68 would be [dotted quarter note]=102.
In reply to I do not hear the tempo… by TheHutch
Have you touched the playback speed button during the score creation? https://handbook.musescore.org/sound-and-playback/playback-controls#pla…
In 4.5.2 there is a bug: change the playback speed to 50%, adjust the stretch of a fermata from 200% to 201% and readjust it back to 200%, return the playback speed back to 100%, and the playback of the score will be incorrect. It seems to be fixed in the nightly build 4.6.0.
P.S. I replied to the wrong comment. Oh, well...