Swing tempo marking
Hi!
I'm trying to create a visual swing tempo marking that displays notes instead of simply text. I have followed the instructions at https://musescore.org/en/node/266325 - specifically the second section "II. Swing marking as text".
I have copied and pasted this line:
<sym>textBlackNoteLongStem</sym><sym>textCont8thBeamLongStem</sym><sym>textBlackNoteFrac8thLongStem</sym> <sym>staff2Lines</sym> <sym>textTupletBracketStartLongStem</sym><sym>noteQuarterUp</sym><sym>textTuplet3LongStem</sym><sym>note8thUp</sym><sym>textTupletBracketEndLongStem</sym> into the palettes file
The problem is that when I restart Musescore, it has removed the spaces the surrounding the <sym>staff2Lines</sym> section. If I re-add them by editing the marking in Musescore itself, it removes the spaces as soon as I exit edit mode.
Is there some sort of alternative syntax I could use to get it to keep the spaces? I've tried using HTML tags like but that just gets rendered as text and not as the HTML entity.
Is it a bug that the spaces are being removed in this version maybe?
The attached file I hope illustrates the problem. The tempo marking I created is the first entry in the "Tempo" palette.
The screenshot shows me editing the tempo marking to put the spaces back, but then they disappear again as soon as I stop editing.
Thanks in advance.
Musescore 4.0.2 on MacOS 12.6.3
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Comments
Interesting, this does work in 3.6.2
<sym>space</sym>instead of the spaces doesn't work either (but also didn't in Mu3)Try Ctrl+Space instead of just Space. Works for me
In reply to Try Ctrl+Space by Jojo-Schmitz
Alternatively, you could also use Florian Kretlow's Metrico font.
https://github.com/fkretlow/metrico
In reply to Alternatively, you could… by graffesmusic
I'm not sure that's an option for me - if I distribute the Musescore file and the recipient doesn't have that font installed, then their version won't display properly I don't think. Or am I wrong?
In reply to I'm not sure that's an… by MacHamster
You're right on this
In reply to Try Ctrl+Space by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for your answers! Could you give a bit more detail on your suggestion to try Ctrl+Space? How do you mean exactly? So that the palettes file contains the following:
<sym>Ctrl+Space</sym>??
That's not working for me. I also tried it without the
<sym>tags but that doesn't work either.In reply to Thank you for your answers!… by MacHamster
No, paste the string from above, then replace the 2 spaces he surrounding the staff2Lines with Ctrl+Space
In reply to No, paste the sting from… by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm sorry if I'm being thick, but I still don't understand. If I edit the palettes file, typing ctrl+space is intercepted by the OS as "change my input source" and if I try cmd+space (I'm on a mac) then it brings up Spotlight. Using any of the meta keys with the space bar seems to be intercepted by the OS first.
How exactly do I enter ctrl+space into the palettes file? Again, sorry for being slow.
In reply to I'm sorry if I'm being thick… by MacHamster
Addendum: If I use option+space, the text editor enters
0xa0into the palettes file, but opening this in musescore doesn't change anything - still no spaces.In reply to Addendum: If I use option… by MacHamster
On Mac (and Linux) try Alt+Space (this is what works for lyrics for example)
And not in the palette, but in the score, only once that worked and looks OK even after a close and reload, drag the resuolt into the palette (and henceforth use that)
In reply to Addendum: If I use option… by MacHamster
Hmm, Alt+Space is the same as Opt+Space, isn't it?
Anyway, don't using it in the palette, but in the score
In reply to Hmm Alt+Space is the same as… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for your patience. I simply cannot get it to work. If I edit the tempo marking in Musescore to add spaces, as soon as I stop editing Musescore removes them.
I've made a little screencapture video to try and illustrate the problem but this forum won't let me upload it sadly. I popped it up on YouTube https://youtu.be/JjomznpmTYA