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Tools

    A number of useful commands can be found in the Tools menu.

    Transpose

    This opens the Transpose dialog with various options for transposing passages of music.

    See Automatic transposition.

    Explode

    The explode command allows you to select a passage of music in a single staff and split (explode) the chords into their constituent notes or voices.

    Implode

    The Implode command works in the way opposite to explode.

    Voices

    This allows you to swap the voices of a selected measure-range of notes. See Exchange voices.

    Measure

    Join or split measures. See Measure operations: Split and join.

    Remove selected range

    Removes the currently selected segment of time and all score items associated. Affects all staffs. Default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Del (Mac: Cmd+Del). Do not apply this command only on a barline.

    Fill with slashes

    This command fills the selection with slashes, one per beat:

    1. Select one or more measures;
    2. From the menu, select Tools→Fill With Slashes.

    If a measure is empty the slashes are added to voice 1, full-sized and centered on the middle line of the staff:

    Slash notation

    Notes: (1) If there are already notes in a measure in the selection, the command will put the slashes into the first available empty voice. (2) Voice 2 slashes are full-sized and centered on the middle line of the staff; voices 3 slashes appear small and above the staff; voice 4 slashes are small and below the staff. (3) If a measure contains notes in all 4 voices, voice 1 will be overwritten. (4) All slashes are set to not transpose or playback.

    Toggle rhythmic slash notation

    This command toggles selected notes between normal notes and rhythmic slash notation:

    1. Select a range of notes or measures (Note: use the selection filter if you need to exclude certain voices);
    2. From the menu, select Tools→Toggle Rhythmic Slash Notation.

    The selected noteheads are changed to slash noteheads which do not transpose or playback.

    Rhythmic slash notation

    Slash-notehead notes in voices one or two are fixed to the middle staff line; those in voices three or four are small ("accent" notation) and fixed above or below the staff:

    Accent notation

    In percussion staves, notes in voices 3 and 4 are not converted to small slashes but to small notes above or below the staff.

    Rhythmic slash - percussion

    Respell pitches

    Corrects accidentals to fit in with the current key signature. See Accidentals: Respell pitches.

    Regroup Rhythms

    This option corrects note ties, durations and beaming so that they are grouped according to standard music notation practice. For example:

    Before:
    regroup_rhythms_before.png
    After:
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    Any notes that are tied and are the same length as a dotted note will be changed to the dotted note with two limitations. (i) Only the last note of a group of tied notes will have a single dot. Notes with more than one dot are not produced using this option. (ii) Dotted notes will not span from one group of beamed notes to another unless their duration is the same as all of the beam groups it covers. Any notes with more than one dot will be regrouped according to the above rules.

    To apply:

    1. Select the section of the score you want to reset. If nothing is selected, the operation will apply to the whole score;
    2. Select Tools→Regroup Rhythms.

    Note: This is an experimental feature and there are known bugs. Articulations and ornaments are deleted and some pitches respelled. Ties across barlines may be lost on UNDO.

    Resequence rehearsal marks

    The Resequence Rehearsal Marks command allows you to re-order the numbering/lettering of rehearsal marks if, for any reason, they have got out of sequence. For details see Automatically resequence rehearsal marks.

    Unroll Repeats (version 3.1 and above)

    This command creates a copy of the score (in a new tab), eliminates the repeat barlines and notates the repeat sections in full instead.

    Copy lyrics to clipboard

    This command copies all the lyrics of the score to the clipboard:

    Image capture

    Take a snapshot of a selected part of the document window. PNG, PDF and SVG formats are supported. See Image capture.

    Remove empty trailing measures

    This automatically removes any blank measures at the end of the score.

    See also

    谱表的合并与拆分

      拆分谱表

      拆分谱表命令允许您选中单个谱表中的乐句并且将和弦按照如下方式拆分（split; explode）成其组成音符或者声部：

      • 如果乐句全部在声部 1 中，和弦的最高音符留在顶部谱表上，而较低音符移到后续线谱。
      • 如果乐句包含多个Voices，声部 1 的音符留在顶部谱表上，而其他声部移到后续线谱。所有拆出声部现在在声部 1 中。

      欲拆分乐谱的一部分：

      1. 确保，来源谱表下方有足以接收拆出音符的线谱。如有必要，使用乐器对话框以创建额外线谱。
      2. 二选一：
        • 选中来源谱表中的一系列小节：如果有足够的可用线谱，这将会允许所有拆分音符。
        • 选中既包括来源谱表和又向下扩展以包括一个或者更多目标线谱的一系列小节：这将拆出音符/声部数目限制为所选线谱的数目。
      3. 点击 工具 → 拆分谱表 。

      注意：

      1. 若选区全部在声部 1 中，MuseScore 将会丢弃任何所含音符多于该部分中线谱数目的和弦的最低（诸）音符。
      2. 如果选区全部在声部 1 中，并且如果给定和弦具有的音符少于目标线谱数目，那么音符将会根据需要复制，以至于每一线谱都接收到一个音符。
      3. 目标线谱中任何现存音乐都将被覆写。
      4. 如果您选中部分小节，拆分谱表命令将会自动扩张至完整小节。

      合并谱表

      合并谱表命令工作的方式与拆分谱表相反：

      • 选中一个谱表之时，声部 1~4 中所有音符合并到声部 1 中。
      • 选中多个线谱之时，第二谱表中的音符拷贝到顶部谱表中第一可用声部，第三谱表中的音符拷贝到顶部谱表中下一可用声部，依此类推。

      将合并命令应用到单个谱表

      1. 选中所需谱表中的一系列小节。
      2. 点击 工具 → 合并谱表 。

      该谱表中所有所选音符现在显示在声部 1 中。

      将合并命令应用到多个线谱

      1. 确保，每一谱表中只有一个声部。
      2. 选中目标谱表中一系列小节并且将此选区扩展向下以包括其余待合并线谱。
      3. 点击 工具 → 合并谱表 。