Editing the note values of metronome marks
This is an unusual situation. I'm working on music that was originally printed with pendulum tempo markings. I have no problem entering these, but in certain instances, when I enter the standard metronome mark that has a different note value than the time signature indicates (ex. if I want a quarter instead of a half note in cut time, necessary to match the original pendulum marking), I am unable to edit the note value. Also, if I place the metronome mark first, as long as the note value matches the time signature, it appears correctly. But if I want the standard bpm marking to be editorial (in parenthesis after the pendulum marking), the note value turns into a boxed question mark.
I have tried copy/pasting quarter notes from other metronome markings, to no avail. They all appear as boxed question marks. Is there a way around this? Thank you.
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To enter a note in tempo text press F2 (fn F2 on Mac) and click the note (and dot if applicable) in the common symbols tab. If you really want a dotted 1/4=120 BPM for example, when you open the inspector you will see that BPM has been converted to 1/4 note value no matter what note you have in the tempo text. So dotted 1/4 = 120 will end up as 180 BPM.
In reply to To enter a note in tempo… by mike320
This worked perfectly. Thank you so much!
In reply to To enter a note in tempo… by mike320
This isn't working for me in Windows 10 Musescore 4...I cannot seem to change the note value of the tempo marking. I can select the note, delete it etc, but I can't make it a different note. Help?
In reply to This isn't working for me in… by EM Cooper
What note value are you looking for?
In reply to What note value are you… by bobjp
whole note or a breve