Copying and pasting special bars/measures
Hi, I'm attempting to copy a specially made measure from one score to another.
It's probably best to show what's happening. The first screenshot shows the excerpt of the score I'm copying from, the second shows the result of pasting into a newly created score.
As you can see, the run of small hemidemisemiquaver notes ends up being broken across several bars rather than appearing as a full run in a single bar. This then messes up the layout of the remainder of the score.
What I want to do is copy the notes exactly as they appear in the first score. Is there a way to do this easily?
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I think that if the original measure was a special length, then the measure you copy into should have the same special length.
In reply to I think that if the original… by bobjp
"I think that if the original measure was a special length, then the measure you copy into should have the same special length."
Agreed: the target score must have the same key signatures, time signatures and measure lengths as the original score.
But in this case perhaps the measure duration is indeed 2/4 and the cue-size notes are grace notes? In which case one of the runs can be notated as grace notes, without altering the measure length:
![Cross-staff_run_of_grace_notes.png]( "Cross-staff_run_of_grace_notes.png")
The problem then arises with the clef change in the lower run of grace notes. This challenge has been discussed, and various users have suggested workarounds:
- Oct 2015 Clef Between Grace Notes :
https://musescore.org/en/node/82531
- Nov 2019 Possible or not? Change of clef in a run of grace notes :
https://musescore.org/en/node/297341
... especially this suggestion from mike320 which uses a tuplet :
https://musescore.org/en/node/297341#comment-960096
There is also some recent activity shown on Github around the general topic of grace notes:
- Jul 2023 Grace notes should be treated as their own notes and not just a child to a parent note #18484
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/18484
In reply to "I think that if the… by DanielR
Great replies, thanks - but, assuming that the measure lengths are correct (both are 2/4), and the run has been notated originally as grace notes, shouldn't it simply copy across as originally notated?
In reply to Great replies, thanks - but,… by Willicious369
i.e. I'm not looking for ways to recreate the original score, but rather exactly copy it. Of course, I could find ways to notate it myself, but the whole point here is that I'm trying to save time and effort. If it can't be done, then it can't be done, but then we're probably looking at a feature request.