Changing to Cut Time
I'm wanting to change my piece to cut time, as in 4/4 the tempo is 240bpm. I already have everything written how I want it, and the cut time sign is on there, but all of the notes remained the same length. Is there a way to change the notes in the piece to cut time? For example, there is a lot of eighth notes in the piece, so I want to change them all to sixteenth notes. Is there a way to do that other than manually going back and fixing it all? Thanks!
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Changing time sig does nothing to the duration of existing notes or rests, just like changing keying does nothing to the pitch of existing notes (for that you'd need to transpose).
To half or double durations, check the plugins https://musescore.org/en/project/halftimev20 and https://musescore.org/en/project/doubletimev20
In reply to Changing time sig does by Jojo-Schmitz
These versions, rather. More recent and stable: https://musescore.org/en/node/81641#comment-453686
In reply to Changing time sig does by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi there! Thanks for making these plugins...I tried to download and use them but I can't seem to open the file extension...any idea how to do that Thanks so much!
jordan
In reply to Hi there! Thanks for making… by jorjorjor
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins
But also see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/copy-and-paste#Paste_half_double_dura…
If you want the same notes from 4/4 to play twice as fast in cut time, you need to change the tempo. Select the point where the new tempo begins and press Ctrl-T (Mac cmd-T) and change the number after the half note to 240.
In reply to If you want the same notes by mike320
Hey all,
I'm looking for a way to change music written in musescore so that it goes to cut time. The idea is that this will be easier for my middle school students, who are just learning to read music, to read 8th notes instead of 16th notes. It also leaves more space on the staff for note names to be written above the music.
Is there a plugin for this? the plugins listed don't work on my computer, when I try to run them it says that I don't have muse score 1 installed.
has anyone figured out a way to do this?
thanks for your time,
jordan
In reply to Hey all, I'm looking for a… by Jordan Baxter Stern
You don't need plugins anymore. use "Edit -> Paste Double Duration" instead. That is, first select the musicthen cut it (Ctrl-X) the paste it back with "Edit -> Paste Double Duration"
In reply to You don't need plugins… by AndreasKågedal
AMAZING!!! Thanks!
In reply to Hey all, I'm looking for a… by Jordan Baxter Stern
What do you want to change to cut time from? Cut time is just another way of writing a 2/2 time signature. Changing to that from a 3/4 or 6/8 time signature will be most confusing. For what you describe it only makes sense when changing from a 2/4 time signature. Assuming that is what you want to do, first add the cut common time signature from the pallet. This will make all your measures 4 quarter beats long instead of 2 quarter beats - effectively removing every other bar line, but the note durations will not change. That is done in the next step where you select all the notes (using CTRL+A), cut them (CTRL+X) and then paste double duration from the Edit menu (or shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+W) (See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/copy-and-paste#paste-half-double-du…). No need for plugins.
In reply to What do you want to change… by SteveBlower
thanks so much!