Navigate using rehearsal marks
Just a small quality-of-life idea I'd had. Let's say I've got a score that has rehersal marks. A good way to be able to jump quickly through the score would be through some sort of jump to the previous/next rehersal mark. My suggestion would be clicking on a rehersal mark and then SHIFT + LEFT/RIGHT ARROW (as that key combination is inutitive but doesn't seem to be currently being used.
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Are you aware of the Find function to jump to a rehearsal mark?
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/viewing-and-navigation#find
In reply to Are you aware of the Find… by SteveBlower
This is close to but not quite what I want. If I know which rehersal mark (or roughly what ballpark) I'm aiming for then that's perfect - and thank you for linking that, it's definitely useful - but I'd just like to be able to flick through via rehersal marks. They're useful markers every so often and while I might not know which rehersal mark I'm aiming at, by being able to jump through them I can quickly find where I need.
In reply to This is close to but not… by KrozJr
How about this then https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/viewing-and-navigation#timeline
It allows you to do long distance navigation not only to rehearsal marks with several in view at any time, but also to other "milestones": key changes, time signature changes and even instrument entries.
Shift+arrows is in use as the method to create range selections, but it doesn't know how to start from a rehearsal marking (yet).
The Timeline comes probably closest to an interface offering some aid in your navigation battle.
If this method of navigation gets added, I'd like it to be a more generic "Go to next/prev element of the same type in the same staff (possibly same voice too)". Then it wouldn't only work for Rehearsal Marks but for example also for Tempo Markings and Dynamics.
In reply to Shift+arrows is in use as… by jeetee
Yeah. I’ve started using the timeline and it’s definitely a vast improvement. Part of me still thinks that being able to move through the score via elements like rehearsal marks, as you suggest at the end perhaps making it more general, would be good. The other benefit would therefore be finding specific examples. Let’s say I’m working to a brief and I need to speed up a piece so I decide to speed up the tempo. I could go only to the tempo markings and alter them easily.
In reply to Yeah. I’ve started using the… by KrozJr
As it happens for that specific scenario in MS3 there's a plugin called "TempoStretch" that does just that. It was written by a very cool guy ;-)