How to move a tempo anchor?
Hi!
I've received a score from someone but the guy has forgotten two bars at the beginning. No problem, just add/insert them at the beginning.
But now, I want to move the tempo indication (that is on the third bar, after the insertion) to the new first bar where it should be. I can move the text where I want but I didn't manage to move the tempo-anchor itself (I can't see it anyway) from its original place.
Confirming that: if I start the playback, the two first bars are played at a default tempo, the wanted tempo is only used after the third bar (where the invisible anchor is).
The workaround was trivial: delete old tempo indication, add new tempo indication at the right place.
But is there an official way (that I've missed) to move a tempo indication?
Thanks!
Comments
Cut [Ctrl]x, select the first note or rest, Paste [Ctrl]v.
In reply to Cut [Ctrl]x, select the first by underquark
Thank you!
That's ergonomic ( I use the keyboard a lot), but intuitively, I would have wished to be also able to do it with the mouse! ;-)
In reply to Thank you! That's ergonomic ( by yves.925
Same steps, but right click and press click instead of pressing Ctrl+X :-). I guess you meant you'd want to drag, but that's not really good - dragging is generally you change position on the page, not how you change the semantics of elements.
In reply to Same steps, but right click by Marc Sabatella
you joker! :-D :-D
I thought of moving it with the mouse because it's possible for the slurs. But it's true that it's a kind of exception, the anchors of all the other elements are not movable this way.
Can you move slurs with the mouse or do they just look like they move? I.e. they look like they've moved but they still affect only the notes to which they were originally anchored.
In reply to Can you move slurs with the by underquark
Yes it's possible to really move them. See the Handbook about slurs , section 'adjustments'.
In reply to Can you move slurs with the by underquark
There is indeed special handling for slurs. I guess it's because so many people tried adjsuting slurs with the mouse rather than Shift+Right/Left. One or two other elements types use this special handling (dynamics do also). I personally don't care for the inconsistency, and find it disorienting to see anchors move when all I'm trying to do is fine tune the physical position. But I guess I can see why slurs might seem worth doing this as a special case.
In reply to There is indeed special by Marc Sabatella
Hang on, we've got yves.925 saying they can really be moved using the mouse, Marc saying they are a special case and the handbook says:
"Note: It is not possible to change the start and end anchor notes using the mouse. Use Shift + ← or → to adjust the start and end points of a slur".
Moving an anchored element (slur, volta, tempo mark) visually anything other than a small distance without moving its anchors could lead to a word of pain.
In reply to Hang on, we've got yves.925 by underquark
bility to change anchors for slurs using the mouse is a relatively recent change. Ditto for dynamics. Not sure what other elements allow this. Most don't. As I said, I find it rather disorienting especially with dynamics, which change anchors far too readily. Slurs require you to move the mouse directly over a notehead. Not sure what other elements may or may not allow this. And yes, people have shot themselves in the foot probably many thousands of times over the years by trying to drag things when they should be changing anchor, so I do understand the desire to maybe allow that. But try fine tuning the position of some dynamics in some piano music (or anything with multiple staves) by dragging, and see if you don't find the automatic anchor change annoying...
In reply to Hang on, we've got yves.925 by underquark
yes it's possible to move them with the mouse and yes it's a special case! ;-)
Undermark, the handbook was not correctly updated, the note you've quoted is indeed contradictory with the first sentence of the Adjustment section. Well spotted!
I didn't see the outdated note when I recommended you the handbook earlier, I'm going to remove the wrong sentence now! :-)