How to create a cut time signature
I'd like to create a custom time signature with a nominal value of 4/2 and the visual appearance of a cut C. To make an ordinary C, one adds a capital C in the numerator box, but I haven't found a way to add the line. If I start with the pre-defined cut-C signature, it changes to 4/2 if I adjust the rhythmic values.
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Create/use a 4/2 time signature, right it, properties, change to C. Do this for every staff
In reply to Create/use a 4/2 time… by Jojo-Schmitz
That becomes quite cumbersome if there are several time signature changes and many voices. I was wondering how to create a custom time signature with a cut C in the Master Palette area, as described in the handbook. Is that not possible at all?
In reply to That becomes quite… by eyolf
Once created drag it into a palette
In reply to Once created drag it into a… by Jojo-Schmitz
That is not the problem. As I stated in my first post, I can't find a way to create a time signature with the nominal value of 4/2 and the visual appearance of a cut C. If I take the pre-defined cut-C signature in the master palette as a point of departure, the visual sig changes to "4/2".
In reply to That is not the problem. As… by eyolf
This is because neihter Commom nor Cut time in fact are 4/2 type time signatures
In reply to This is because neihter… by Jojo-Schmitz
They may not be NOW, but when they were invented, in the Renaissance, they were. Anyway, that shouldn't be relevant to the question: can I in any way enter something in the text box for creating time signature to get a Cut C symbol? I can enter a cap-C and get a C signature, so it's not that it's impossible to create time signatures that aren't what they seem to be.
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In reply to That is not the problem. As… by eyolf
I think you need to do this in a different order.
This is what it looks like:
In reply to I think you need to do this… by SteveBlower
Step 1 is not needed, this exists in the master palette already
In reply to I think you need to do this… by SteveBlower
How do I do 5?
In reply to How do I do 5? by eyolf
Ctrl+Shift+drag it from score to workspace palette
In reply to Ctrl+drag it from score to… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks!
Here's what I did in one score: (see file); it's the notation for 4/2 Schubert used in the impromptu in Gb, although his editor ix-nayed it. And yes, it was a lot of work! Elsewhere, I have used a single ¢ to represent 4/2.
BTW the ability to have a measure's actual duration different from it's nominal one, is a flexiblity in MuseScore that I really admire.