Corrupted file - incomplete measure?
Just updated to Musescore 4.0.2 and cannot edit/save a score due to the following message:
Incomplete measure: Part score: Drums, measure 1, staff 1. Found: 0/1. Expected: 4/4.
Incomplete measure: Part score: Drums, measure 2, staff 1. Found: 0/1. Expected: 4/4.
Incomplete measure: Part score: Drums, measure 9, staff 1. Found: 0/1. Expected: 4/4.
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Anyone come across this before?
Thanks
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this is happening to me too!! i have no idea :( I might just recreate the score
Try opening the .mscz archive and delete the 'Excerpts' folder. Then re-open the .mscz in MuseScore.
If unsuccessful, attach your score.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/node/289899
Reset the parts
In reply to Reset the parts by Jojo-Schmitz
This worked. Thank you!
In reply to Reset the parts by Jojo-Schmitz
sorry what do you mean by reseting the parts? Re doing them again?
In reply to Reset the parts by Jojo-Schmitz
sorry what do you mean by reseting the parts? Re doing them again?
Same for me... :( I edited it in MuseScore 3 and though it allows me to edit and "save anyway" it here as well it warns me that "the file may become unusable". The issue involves 6 consecutive measures that are all empty (on pause) in a SATB choir piece - but interestingly, it only gives problem for the alto (see picture below).
I would appreciate any help on this one.
In reply to Same for me... :( I edited… by debrecenikoru
Same here. Can anyone help?
In reply to Same here. Can anyone help? by danceandshine
See: 1Chocho FlyNEWSOFTWARE1.mscz
In reply to See: [inline:1Chocho… by cadiz1
What did you do? The error message is gone; it doesn't say it is corrupted.
The only odd thing is that it is a much earlier version...
But the file I uploaded was made in Musecore 3...
Thank you!!!!
In reply to What did you do? The error… by danceandshine
earlier version - meaning - it has an old title (I had used another piece of music, changed the title, etc.), so what you gave me is before some other editing...
In reply to earlier version - meaning -… by danceandshine
Much earlier version? Somehow you've got the wrong idea, because I have absolutely no magical power to know what your score looked like before! Just to see, I simply exported to XML format, and it turns out that in doing so, the error messages disappeared. Which isn't always the case...
In reply to Much earlier version?… by cadiz1
Well - it was just the old title and the old composer was there on top. Everything else was the same, except the instruments had reverted to strings.
Anyway - I’m grateful. I will try that. So you exported to XML format and then opened the XML file and then that was saved as a MuseScore document?
In reply to Well - it was just the old… by danceandshine
That's right. But it's not an absolute guarantee in the event of a repeat offence on this or any other file. Exporting in XML format often has good repairing virtues (as a kind of the file reset), but from there, to repair immediatly a corruption of 5 empty measures, I don't think I've seen many!
I usually have 3 ways to correct these errors:
![2023-09-16 10_33_43-Bar properties for bar 1.png]( "2023-09-16 10_33_43-Bar properties for bar 1.png")
1) go to the respective bars properties and align the Actual Bar duration on the Nominal one:
2) delete the measures and re-enter it
3) open the score in a text editor and go and fix the issue. This is definitely more tricky. Be sure to make a backup of your score before using that approach.
In reply to I usually have 3 ways to… by parkingb
Thanks for the pointer; I had to go into Staff/Part properties > Advanced Style Properties and select Template: Standard and Reset to Template to fix my problem (one measure splitting across two, with the second not terminated with a bar line, and selecting the first also selected the second).
Sadly errors like this are the norm with the much bungled MuseScore 4 release. It's ironic that its predecessor MuseScore 3 works 10 times better and without all the bloat and cloud crap of this overhyped release.
Resetting the parts works for me. You don't need to reset all the parts, just the part that musescore claims to be corrupted.
In reply to Sadly errors like this are… by g-liu
To be fair: Mu3 doesn't check parts for corruptions, so don't shoot the messenger
In reply to Sadly errors like this are… by g-liu
Sorry to knock your soapbox from under you, but actually the problem arises from earlier versions saving incomplete measures (anacrusis, etc) incorrectly and not warning you of them. IOW, MuS4 does it correctly.
In reply to Sorry to knock your soapbox… by TheHutch
Which earlier versions exctly?
IIRC the corruption check on opening a score (and saving online) started with Mu2.
Mu4 now even checks on every save and in parts too
I had the same problem, but the suggestion about 'parts' led me to discover that I had an unexpected (unnamed) part. I deleted it and the problem disappeared.
In reply to I had the same problem, but… by damuehlbauer@o…
can u please tell me how
In reply to can u please tell me how by saceja06
See "How to fix a score that contains corruptions" :
https://musescore.org/en/node/54721
... and "How to fix MuseScore 4 corrupted files" :
https://musescore.org/en/node/335842