Musescore 4 Tempo
I am new to Musescore (although I have used 3 a few times to post on the song site), and version 4 looks better but is still incredibly frustrating. And yes, I get it's free, so I'm not complaining, just figured I'd do a Tantacruel assessment from a Finale user for over 25 years (since v1).
I find it incredibly unintuitive to not be able to click the tempo and change it there. I find nowhere obvious with how to change it. Any help would be appreciated.
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Drag the six points to undock the panel
Undock that toolbar and then enjoy the additional settings it shows
Thanks! That works.
Still not intuitive since every other program and DAW, you just click the tempo and change it.
In reply to Thanks! That works. Still… by tresero
Actually doesn't work, really. It just let's me change the percentage of 120. Seems odd that something so simple is so complex.
In reply to Actually doesn't work,… by tresero
Use that slider
In reply to Use that slider by Jojo-Schmitz
I know that, but it's a very, very poor user experience. There are workarounds for every "feature". It's really not that hard to click a tempo and change it like every other music program I've ever used. And I get that they are trying to make accel/decelarandos, but I'm talking about the 95%+ of music that is one tempo and just needs to be set at the bar 1. You many times don't know when you start a score what your exact tempo will be.
In reply to I know that, but it's a very… by tresero
Setting a tempo text, at any measure, is not related to that tool, which is only for temporary overrides
In reply to Setting a tempo text, at any… by Jojo-Schmitz
Then how do you change the score tempo? Again, this should be easy. I looked at the docs, and found nothing, at least that works.
In reply to Then how do you change the… by tresero
Just edit the text of the tempo marking to have the tempo you desire, e.g.
![Tempo 1.jpg]( "Tempo 1.jpg")
![Tempo 2.jpg]( "Tempo 2.jpg")
![Tempo 3.jpg]( "Tempo 3.jpg")
For other less intuitive, but just as useful ways of changing tempo see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/tempo-markings#change-playback
In reply to Then how do you change the… by tresero
It is easy, just use the Tempo palette or Add > Text > Tempo (the latter at least in Mu3, can't check Mu4 currently)
In reply to It is easy, just use the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Tempo pallette just gives me a red not allowed icon. I could do it with add text> tempo.
In reply to Tempo pallette just gives me… by tresero
Select note or rest, click tempo ob palette.
With drag and drop.it is sometime difficult to find the hot spot, that's when that red icon shows
In reply to Select note or rest, click… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, hopefully they make it easier. I tried that first before I asked and the red icon threw me off.