Metric modulation notation
How do I add metric modulation marks? Example: dotted quarter = quarter
I don't know if that's clear enough, so here's what I need to do. I'm changing from 3/4 to 2/4. A dotted quarter in 3/4 should have the same length as a quarter in the new time signature (2/4). I don't see how to add those marks.
EDIT:
OK, now that I have found the right terminology, and hence the right search term, I see it discussed here: https://musescore.org/en/node/71061 . However, that seems to be concerned with playback. I just need to find out how to enter the notation in the score.
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Click on the first note or rest in your new section. From the tempo palette, select dotted quarter=80 and double-click it to place it on the score. Double-click on the text that has been placed on the score, use the arrow keys to navigate to where you want the quarter note to be (just before the 80) then press F2 and double-click on a quarter-note symbol. Next, close the Special Characters box and delete the "80" but go into Inspector and adjust the speed for the tempo accordingly.
In reply to Click on the first note or by underquark
how do you add a metric modulation mark with a tuplet? Or even a regular tempo mark with tuplet for that matter? For example two eight notes equal quarter and the eight note under the triplet (indication of "swinging" eight notes).?
In reply to how do you add a metric… by antonjazzsax
See https://musescore.org/en/node/266325
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. Ok.... Hm... that looks like a lot of work for just one triplet swing tempo mark.
Any chance that triplet tempo markings would be added as a panel element in the future? Like if it takes just one click to create normal tempo marking and that many steps to make a swing style marking. The effort is a bit disproportional. Thanks
In reply to Thanks. Ok.... Hm... that… by antonjazzsax
Do it once amd add it to a palette for further use
In reply to Do it once amd add it to a… by Jojo-Schmitz
ok
In reply to Do it once amd add it to a… by Jojo-Schmitz
I mean if you make it as a graphic element only it will lack the needed functionality for such element. Like in a score you would have to place that swing mark on the score as well as on all parts, whereas if it was a text editible element, you could use it as a system text and add just one mark for the score and for all parts.
In reply to Do it once amd add it to a… by Jojo-Schmitz
It looks like it could be possible to add a pallet element with the same result visually, but as a text with special symbols. Basically how the "normal" tempo marks are mede. However it seems it would require adding also some custom special symbols to the master palette. Is that possible to do actually?
In reply to It looks like it could be… by antonjazzsax
"it would require adding also some custom special symbols to the master palette"
Sorry, I meant adding custom symbols to the "special characters" page (bottom panel under the "Alfa" symbol), because that's where it seems they are for adding into palette elements using inspector
In reply to "it would require adding… by antonjazzsax
If everything you write has swing, there are two things you can do to always turn it on.
Turn it on in Format->Style and save the file to templates (see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/create-new-score#user-templates-folder). Then every score you make from that template will have swing turned on.
Turn it on in Format->Style and use Format->Save Style... to save the style with this default turned on then in Edit->Preferences->Score enter this Style file and every score you create will have swing turned on.
You cannot automate entering the swing indication in the score.
In reply to If everything you write has… by mike320
Thanks for the info. In this case actually I am less bothered about if it plays "swing", but for the good scoring and engraving workflow I always prefer having elements like tempo or metric modulation to appear as a system text, or as a dedicated tempo/metronome text, so that it shows up on all parts and with the consistent positioning.
Anyway in case someone is interested, I just created a palette element using system text and a special font to appear correctly for triplet tempo marking. The trick was to use the font that allows such positioning.
In reply to Thanks for the info. In this… by antonjazzsax
Here is The part with the tempo mark
In reply to Thanks for the info. In this… by antonjazzsax
Thanks for your contribution.
In reply to Thanks for the info. In this… by antonjazzsax
For the master palette, it would require SUmFL to add it to their glyphs. Putting it in a custom palette is a good idea. I glossed over that part of your post when I read it. Sorry.
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
This is great! Thanks!
Thanks very much. It works.
In reply to Thanks very much. It works. by RexC
Thank you as well! This helped so much. You can also just use the F2 function in any text box without using the tempo palette at all.
In reply to Thank you as well! This… by [DELETED] 27992803
True, but the tempo text is already formatted properly. In version 3, you can usually just enter the new symbols from the tempo palette.
In reply to Thanks very much. It works. by RexC
Just wondering—is all this hoop-jumping still required just to indicate swing eighths? In my 12-year-old version of Sibelius (LOL), you can click Create > Text > Other System Text > Metric Modulation, and this menu appears:
...which you can then click to add the indication, or any of the metric modulations shown. Seems much easier.
I think Sibelius interprets it in playback, too—which, obviously, MS wouldn't do if you were using a graphic image.
In reply to Just wondering—is all this… by Andy Fielding
The current version of Musescore understands and acts on graphical metric modulations. You can create your own and add them to a palette for re-use. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/tempo-markings
In reply to The current version of… by SteveBlower
No, not graphical, but textual, using note glyphs. And since quite long