A way to copy EVERYTHING?
Is there a way to copy absolutely everything within a given range, including repeats, and all scripts, measure treatments and absolutely everything? I know there's a selection filter, but even with "ALL" selected, it won't select like section markers, or repeats, or things like that.
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No
In reply to No by underquark
balls.
But thanks for the reply.
Do you know if there's a feature request for this?
In reply to balls. But thanks for the… by a-muse-sing
See #165746: Request option to copy system elements with copy/paste (ALL ELEMENTS)
In reply to See #165746: Request option… by Jojo-Schmitz
Would it work if done externally on the .mscx file or would this result in a corrupt file?
In reply to Would it work if done on the… by yonah_ag
When in doubt, try it out ;-)
In reply to Would it work if done on the… by yonah_ag
It works if you have the same instruments in the same order (basically the restriction the MS2 album feature had).
Which is one way to tackle this issue without going into hand-editing the files: export to MusicXML; use a portable 2.3.2 and album them together, import the resulting score in 3 again and apply styling/layout.
In reply to It works if you have the… by jeetee
Easier to save as .mscx, process in a Musescore file exp!orer, re-open .mscx in Musescore. This would not require any styling/layout changes. However, this does require Microsoft Excel.
See: https://github.com/yonah-ag/musescore-mscx-explorer
In reply to Easier to save as .mscx,… by yonah_ag
A yes, your plugout would be perfect for this.
In reply to A yes, your plugout would be… by jeetee
I'll add a copy measure range macro, although it could be done with native Excel functions.
In reply to I'll add a copy measure… by yonah_ag
MuseScore File Explorer 2.4.6 has the new function to copy a range of measures including all contents.
In reply to balls. But thanks for the… by a-muse-sing
Depending on your specific use case, though, there may be decent workarounds. For example, if the goal is to combine multiple movements into a single final score, I recommend exporting to PDF then combining those using any of the various utilities that exist for that. Or, it it's that you are trying to generate individual instruments from a full score, just use the built-in Parts facility (see Handbook for details). If you explain what you are trying to do in more detail (ideally with sample score attached), we may be able to offer other suggestions.
In reply to Depending on your specific… by Marc Sabatella
I only do basic things. Generally speaking, I only add chords single note melody lines and lyrics. Just sort of pop songs. Not full scores or anything. So, My use case is generally like if I have an outro that uses the first same to systems as my chorus, then I might want to copy paste that, and have all the same repeats and stuff, the same tags and everything, because it's exactly the same section.
In reply to I only do basic things… by a-muse-sing
Understood. So, in your case, a return of the "album" facility for combining scores would not help, nor is it about generating parts. So I don't have a better workaround in mind than just doing a regular copy/paste then adding the repeats etc. manually.
In reply to Understood. So, in your… by Marc Sabatella
That's unfortunate, but thanks for the info. Can I assign shortcut keys to palette items? if I could do that, that would be amazing. If I can't do that, that's the number one thing I would like musescore to be able to do. If it could be fully customizable like reaper is with macros and stuff that would be even better, but that's really dreaming lol.
In reply to That's unfortunate, but… by a-muse-sing
No you can't, but yes you can a little bit.
If you F9 then the focus is in the search/filter field, so you could provide custom names for each item, and then fill the filter with that using a macro. If you search through the forums there is someone who shared a similar approach (I believe using AutoHotKey).
In reply to I only do basic things… by a-muse-sing
If you have Excel then MuseScore File Exlorer 2.4.6 can copy be used to copy everything in measures.
A question for the developers: Is there a possibility of a "Duplicate" command?
In reply to A question for the… by Paul Breaux
It is certainly possible to implement one. It just hasn’t happened yet. Someday I have no doubt that it will.
In reply to It is certainly possible to… by Marc Sabatella
Awesome.
In reply to A question for the… by Paul Breaux
Paul, are you aware of the "Quick repeat" functionality: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/copy-and-paste#quick-repetition ?
In reply to Paul, are you aware of the … by RobFog
In my case I'm hoping to duplicate an quite a few elements. However, thanks for this.
In reply to In my case I'm hoping to… by Paul Breaux
You can edit the MSCX file and duplicate anything that you want, then reload it back into MS and save it as MSCZ.