Copying just articulations to other measures
Hi, sorry if this is obvious but I've tried to search this everywhere and got no luck.
Is it possible to copy just articulations to another measure which has the same rhythm? In the attached screenshot I want to copy and paste just the staccatos and slurs from measure 17 to measure 13. And then copy again to many other measures in the piece with the same rhythm.
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Select the measure and then right click a staccato and choose "Select All Similar Elements". That should select all of the staccatos, which you can then copy and paste onto m13. Unfortunately, you can't use this technique for lines (such as slurs).
In reply to Select the measure and then… by flavius.vitellius
Thank you. I will do just that. The ability to be able to copy ALL staccatos and slurs would be great though. has it been suggested before?
In reply to Thank you. I will do just… by Jon Ray
To be clear, you can certainly copy all staccato, using exactly the method described (or other ways of selecting the staccato you want copied). It is only slurs that cannot be copied in this way. Someday such a feature might be added, feel free to add a Suggestion to the issue tracker. I suspect it would be somewhat more complicated to implement though, as we'd have to be careful to match up both endpoints of the slur and handle things gracefully if the rhythms differ.
Meanwhile, if this sort of thing comes up for you a lot, consider using Repitch mode to enter these passages. That is, enter the first passage, add the articulations, copy it to the second location, then use Repitch mode to change just the pitches, keeping the articulations intact.
In reply to To be clear, you can… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you Marc. I appreciate your tips. To be specific, I have a lot of music for flute which I am converting from sib files (Sibelius) into MuseScore by exporting from Sibelius as a musicXML file. Most of the music itself has no articulations, because I originally inputted the notes via Cubase.
So - I need to add a lot of articulations to a lot of music. Repitching would be a lot of work too. So being able to copy just the articulations would be a godsend.
My workaround below (using Auto hotkey) is working great though. I can write scripts for all manner of articulation combinations. It's a great feeling watching the slurs and staccatos appear as if by magic!!
I just thought of a (rather cool!) workaround - using an Auto HotKey script (Windows only).
The script below instantly adds a slur and two staccato dots to a passage of 8th notes (or a passage of 16th notes) when you press Number Pad 1 - and pressing Number pad 2 repeats the process over a span of 8 notes.
Here it is in action - I select the first note and press Number Pad 2:
Here's the script:
SetKeyDelay, 100
numpad1::
send, s
send, {esc}
send, {right}
send, {right}
send, +s
send, {right}
send, +s
return
numpad2::
send, s
send, {esc}
send, {right}
send, {right}
send, +s
send, {right}
send, +s
send, {right}
send, s
send, {esc}
send, {right}
send, {right}
send, +s
send, {right}
send, +s
return