How do I enter a multi measure rest?
How do I enter a multi measure rest symbol in a single measure?
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How do I enter a multi measure rest symbol in a single measure?
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Welcome, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/measure-rests-0#multimeasure-rest
if there are problems let we know (with some more details)
Are you sure you need a multimeasure rest for a single measure? That's what a full measure rest is for.
However, you can create one by dragging the relevant symbols from the Symbols section of the Master Palette (press [Z] to display).
In reply to Are you sure you need a by Isaac Weiss
What I am trying to do is simply input a single measure that states how many multi measures to rest.
In reply to What I am trying to do is by JWRIGHT
You can do that by creating that number of consecutive empty measures and then pressing [M].
In reply to What I am trying to do is by JWRIGHT
See my earlier reply, below. It might *look* like a single measure, but that's now you create it. If it's meant to represent 16 measures rest, then you enter sixteen actual measures rest, then hit the button to enable multimeasure rests. That's how almost all notation programs do this. It makes sense when you consider that it will ened to get playback right. Also, when you consider than one would almost never be creating multimeasure rests manually at all - normally they are created for you completely automatically when generating parts from a full score. It's only in the very unusual situation that you are entering an individual instrument part separate from the score that you'd ever need to do this manually at all.
Indeed, a multimeasure rest by definition is not for a single measure. Enter the actual measures of rest - however many there are to be - and then press "M" or use the Style dialog as described in the Handbook, and the measures of rests are *autoamtically* turned into the proper multimeasure rest symbol.
In reply to Indeed, a multimeasure rest by Marc Sabatella
Hi,
My rest measures are NOT converted in to a multimeasure rest, even after I toggled M. It doesn't seem to work. In my piece I have 10 rest measures next to each other, but nothing happens when I toggle M.
In reply to Hi, My rest measures are NOT by Tavern Senses
Can you share the score?
In reply to Hi, My rest measures are NOT by Tavern Senses
Attaching the score would indeed be useful, otherwise we can just guess. But there are a few things that will prevent measures from being combined:
- if there are double bars, time signature changes, key signature changes, tempo changes, repeat marks, rehearsal marks, etc between them
- if you have set the "break multimeasure rest" property for the measure in Measure Properties
- if there are notes for that measure on *another* staff (so, turning on multimeasure rests generally won't do anything - nor should it - in the full score, only in the parts)
Thanks! The problem was indeed the fact that the same measures in other instrument staffs were NOT empty. I made only the instrument concerned visible (in "Instruments ...") and it worked!
In reply to Thanks! The problem was by Tavern Senses
Without seeing the score it's hard to say for sure, but I'm thinking perhaps you shouldn't have done that, but should instead simply ask MsueScore to generate parts for you - File / Parts. You shouldn't normallymneed to go around hiding staves manually like that.