greyed out line of rests
I have a score that I opened and transposed. There is a greyed out line of extra rests that are not in the original. There is also a little grey plus sign on the upper right corner of the measure. These rests add time to a measure making it sound pretty odd. I can't seem to figure out how th get rid of these extra lines.
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see example attached.
grey plus sign see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/measure-operations#duration
In reply to grey plus sign see: https:/… by Shoichi
Thanks for the quick reply. Ok, I see that the plus sign shows that these extra rests does not match the time signature. How do I get rid of them? They don’t belong there!
In reply to Thanks for the quick reply. … by jmagradey
I don't know how you did it (the transposition is not guilty).
You'll have to make the changes manually.
One way might be
Ctrl+A;
Tools/Measure->Join;
Copy and paste then divide the measures at the necessary points.
If a better answer doesn't come along...
In reply to I don't know how you did it … by Shoichi
Thanks for the suggestion. For some reason, the rests are greyed out. I can change or modify any of the notes that are not greyed but these rests will hi-lite but will not delete. That being said, joining the measures then re-dividing won't help if I can't delete them.
see example attached.
In reply to see example attached. by jmagradey
Voice one rests will not delete.
You could try swapping voices.
In reply to Voice one rests will not… by xavierjazz
I am not following. When I click on the greyed out rests, they appear to be part of voice one, but so is my vocal melody line. There are a couple of notes in the bass cleff that show up as voice 2. I don't know what you mean by swapping voices. (Sorry, this is the very first time using this program.)
In reply to I am not following. When I… by jmagradey
My best advice would be to read the Handbook at least once. Check "Voices" there.
In reply to I am not following. When I… by jmagradey
@ jmagradey, can you attach here the score you are having problems with?
In reply to @ jmagradey, can you attach… by Shoichi
Sure. All measures should be 4/4 time. There are quite a few that have 6/4. This is wrong...
In reply to Sure. All measures should… by jmagradey
2/4?
In reply to 2/4? by Shoichi
No it is all in 4/4 time. Measure 29 is where this odd stuff starts.
In reply to No it is all in 4/4 time. … by jmagradey
Forget
I don't think so. Did you import it from an xml or midi?
In reply to See if it's any better. by Shoichi
It looks the same. I imported it from a PDF.
In reply to It looks the same. I… by jmagradey
Found a way to add a new measure and rewrite, then delete the offending measure with control/delete. Tedious, but it works.
Right-click on the affected bar, select Bar Properties. In "Bar Duration" section, there is "Nominal" and "Actual". The "Actual" will be off. Correct it to the required one, so it matches the "Nominal". hope this helps