Unexplained behaviour
I'm re-noting some hymn tunes so that I can see them better (500 done, 5,000? still to go)
One tune is attached as "Kedron" and it's laid out ok, but note the changes of Time Signatures. However, to balance the two lines I decided to split bar 4 before the last beat. I highlighted the soprano "B", clicked on "Edit" and then "split bar".
"Kedron 2" (also attached) is what I get.
I don't understand why MS has placed a Time Signature of 4:4 at the beginning of the split bar which is (and should remain) 3:4
The 4:4 Time Signature is from the original bar 5 and I see no reason why it should be removed just by splitting a previous bar.
Any suggestions what I've misunderstood or done incorrectly.
| Attachment | Size |
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| Kedron.mscz | 19.05 KB |
| Kedron 2.mscz | 18.66 KB |
Comments
Apologies, should have said using MS 2.1.0 871c8ce on Win 7Pro
Looks like a bug indeed. What's happening is that MuseScore is internally deleting the original measure and inserting two ones in their place. And inserting a measure right before a time signature change has the effect of taking on that new time signature - exactly what you want half the time.
Anyhow, workaround is simple - after this happens, select the two partial measures and double click the 3/4 in the palette to reapply that time signature to the range. The 4/4 is automatically reinstated afterwards, and all is as it should be.
Meanwhile, feel free to file this as an official bug report via the issue tracker (eg, Help / Report a Bug, from within MuseScore).
In reply to Looks like a bug indeed. … by Marc Sabatella
Many thanks Mark. I'll log a bug tomorrow (UK time!)
Your work-around is fine except it does add another 3:4 time signature in the first part of the shortened bar. If I delete that, I'm back where I started so I've just made it invisible and that's fine.
Thanks again for your input.
In reply to Many thanks Mark. I'll log… by Ewart North
Good point. In that case, workaround #2: insert a dummy measure before the change to 4/4, set it to 3/4, then do the split. EDIT: and then remove the dummy measure :-)