Changing rhythm in mid-tune; e.g., from 4/4 to 2/4 for one or two measures, then back to 4/4
I want to begin with 4/4 rhythm then change to 2/4 for one measure and then change back to 4/4. How can I do that. I am using MusScore 4.4.
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/time-signatures
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
thanks, I fianlly figured it out. I was suprised to see that changing the time signature was done by insertion of a new measure containing the change. Since I'd already finished all the 4/4 measure work and left empty measures for where I wanted to insert the new time signature changes I suddenly had extra measures. Took a little while to figure out how to delete those. So now I'm off to things like fiddle bow direction, fingering suggestions and adding some dynamics.
In reply to thanks, I fianlly figured it… by ds-blake@sbcgl…
Normally, you would do this as you were entering the notes originally. Original time signature at beginning, enter notes to the point where different signature begins, enter different time signature, enter notes in different time signature to point where third time signature (in this case, the original time signature) begins, enter notes in third time.
Sounds like you had entered ALL the notes in 4/4 and left two blank measures for the 2/4. In that case, you could have entered the third time signature (4/4) where it begins, then entered the 2/4 where it begins. This would have created four 2/4 measures (because four 2/4 measures has the same number of beats as two 4/4 measures). You would have entered your two measures of 2/4 notes, then used Ctrl+Delete to remove the extra two measures of 2/4.
If that's not clear, I can do it and provide screenshots along the way. Sadly, I don't know how to create videos as some people can :-(