To play devil's advocate:
"Whatever tempo the one playing your score wishes to use."
For MuseScore this currently defaults to 120QPM. But you shouldn't count on that ever. If you want a certain tempo, put in a tempo marker. Then everyone reading that score (including MuseScore) will know how to treat it.
MODIFICATION: i found i can add tempo from the View---palette. However, i already put in lots of preliminary notes using CTR--TEXT and when i used the palette the tempo appears above that text instead of above the staff. Is there a way to get the tempo mark above the staff after putting in text above?
nope. i still have same problem: tempo mark appears above the text i have rather than above the staff. I will try adding tempo note and then cupy and paste that text before the tempo mark if i can.
i tried to add text in front of the tempo note but then it appears in bold. i think i have to find a way to insert text between the lyricist-composer line and where the tempo mark would be. will start a new thread for this.
Tempo markings by default go above other text attached to the staff. Sounds like you probably used staff text for something that would better have been placed in a frame. Feel free to attach your score and we can assist better.
Yes, but as I said, this will likely break as soon as your score layout changes. Much better to do things correctly, you will have fewer problems down the road. Plus you won't have to keep doing this every time you want to add text. A minute spend fixing this now and learning to do it properly will likely save you hours upon hours of frustration later.
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In reply to 120 BPM by Shoichi
thank you.
To play devil's advocate:
"Whatever tempo the one playing your score wishes to use."
For MuseScore this currently defaults to 120QPM. But you shouldn't count on that ever. If you want a certain tempo, put in a tempo marker. Then everyone reading that score (including MuseScore) will know how to treat it.
In reply to To play devil's advocate: … by jeetee
thanks. i wanted to use that tempo but didn't know what it was.
In reply to thanks. i wanted to use that… by Philip Ellis Foster
how do i Add a temp to the score? could not find this in handbook.
In reply to how do i Add a temp to the… by Philip Ellis Foster
When I go to the handbook and type "tempo" in the search field on the right, this is the first link that is returned:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tempo
In reply to When I go to the handbook… by AndreasKågedal
thanks so much. i must have missed this!
In reply to how do i Add a temp to the… by Philip Ellis Foster
MODIFICATION: i found i can add tempo from the View---palette. However, i already put in lots of preliminary notes using CTR--TEXT and when i used the palette the tempo appears above that text instead of above the staff. Is there a way to get the tempo mark above the staff after putting in text above?
In reply to MODIFICATION: i found i can… by Philip Ellis Foster
i think i have my question answered above as the section in the handbook says what to do, I think it will work for me.
In reply to i think i have my question… by Philip Ellis Foster
nope. i still have same problem: tempo mark appears above the text i have rather than above the staff. I will try adding tempo note and then cupy and paste that text before the tempo mark if i can.
In reply to nope. i still have same… by Philip Ellis Foster
this doesn't work. i can add text in from of the quarter note but can't copy and paste the text i have below it.
In reply to this doesn't work. i can add… by Philip Ellis Foster
i tried to add text in front of the tempo note but then it appears in bold. i think i have to find a way to insert text between the lyricist-composer line and where the tempo mark would be. will start a new thread for this.
In reply to MODIFICATION: i found i can… by Philip Ellis Foster
Tempo markings by default go above other text attached to the staff. Sounds like you probably used staff text for something that would better have been placed in a frame. Feel free to attach your score and we can assist better.
In reply to Tempo markings by default go… by Marc Sabatella
thanks again but as i think i posted i found by chance a way to solve this; i just moved the tempo marking below the text i had.
In reply to thanks again but as i think… by Philip Ellis Foster
Yes, but as I said, this will likely break as soon as your score layout changes. Much better to do things correctly, you will have fewer problems down the road. Plus you won't have to keep doing this every time you want to add text. A minute spend fixing this now and learning to do it properly will likely save you hours upon hours of frustration later.