Help: selecting 8 bars of chords?
I read in https://musescore.org/en/handbook/selection-modes#range-select that clicking on a chord followed by shift plus right arrow selects the adjacent chord to the right of the initial one. That's right, isn't it? I ask because I was unable to get that selection method to work, shirt + right arrow did nothing. Any advice is appreciate, and thank you.
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Quick Way: While holding Ctrl. Key on your keyboard, Click chords one by one with mouse.
There are other ways too.
In reply to Quick Way: While holding… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thanks for your reply. I had to edit my initial reply saying it worked. It is true this method selects the desired chords, but a subsequent copy and paste did not work. Anyone have an idea on why the c&p failed?
In reply to Works for me! Thank you. by Bob_B
What happened when you pasted?
I usually select the measures, right click a chord and chose select>all similar items in range selection to select the chords. Through further testing, both methods worked fine for me using version 2.1
In reply to What happened when you… by mike320
Nothing happened when I pasted, as if nothing had been selected. Obviously, I'm missing something here, and I apologize for that. Would you kindly explain how you would copy (for example only) 8 bars of continuous chords from a chart? I know how to select all similar for the whole score or all chords from the same stave, but I don't know how to limit the range in the selection.
In reply to Nothing happened when I… by Bob_B
I kept experimenting, and solved the selection range problem. Your reply gave me the information and clues I needed, thank you.
In reply to I kept experimenting, and… by Bob_B
But, we still don't understand why the copy/paste operation is failed?
For those who will encounter this problem in the future, would you like to describe how you reached the solution and why the previous operation is failed?
In reply to But, we still don't… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Here's what I did: highlighted first chord in 8 bars of chords I wanted to copy and paste. Ctrl clicked each chord in the 8 bars. All were now highlighted. Ctrl-C (copy). I then clicked on the note in the new series of 8 bars where I wanted to paste those chords. Ctrl-V (paste), and nothing happened.
In reply to Here's what I did:… by Bob_B
If you enter the chords with Ctrl+T (as Staff Text) this copy+paste method will not work.
Did you first press Ctrl+K, then enter the chords?
In reply to Quick Way: While holding… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Ziya,
CTRL-Clicking one by one is not quick at all to select 8 bars.
Don't understand why you are suggesting that.
Bob_B,
Please attach you score and tell us exactly where you shift operation doesn't work.
In reply to Ziya,… by frfancha
Ziya suspects as I do that the chords were entered a staff text rather than chord symbols. You are of course correct that seeing the score will confirm this.
In reply to Ziya suspects as I do that… by mike320
Indeed, I don't know if by 'chords' the OP means multiple notes on the same stem, chord symbols (i.e. text names) , maybe even fretboard diagrams?
Regards.
In reply to Indeed, I don't know if by … by Jm6stringer
I was referencing chord symbols and not the notes. There was a request for the score I was working on, and it is attached. Specifically, I was trying to copy the chords (symbols) from the first 8 bars of the solo section and paste them over those in the A section.
In reply to I was referencing chord… by Bob_B
Yes, for those a range select doesn't work, unless you select them measures, which includes the chord symbols. but pasting that would overwrite the notes in section a with rests
In reply to Yes, for those a range… by Jojo-Schmitz
"...pasting that would overwrite the notes in section a with rests"
If you right click a chord symbol, select all similar items in selection only the chords will be copied. Selecting a note or rest as the destination will paste only the chord symbols using the same rhythm as the original. It will also transpose the chord names if needed. The notes and rests in the destination measures will not be affected. The same thing will happen if you select the chords using ctrl-shift to add chords. The chords don't even need to be consecutive. In other words you can use this to select only the first and third chords if you want.
In reply to I was referencing chord… by Bob_B
For chord symbols (not the chords - the notes on the staff - themselves), it is idneed true you cannot range select them. But you can select the range of measures - click the first, Shift+click the last, or any other method of making range selections - then right click on chord symbol in that selected range and click Select / All Similar Elements in Range Selection. now you can Ctrl+C to copy, click a destination note, and Ctrl+V to paste.
In reply to For chord symbols (not the… by Marc Sabatella
Marc, your answer makes me wish that a "Mark as answer" exists.
In reply to Marc, your answer makes me… by frfancha
@frfancha: agreed ;-).
But I also think the part "action" (section "select all similar": https://musescore.org/en/handbook/selection-modes#all-similar-selection) needs a better explanation in the handbook concerning the way of proceeding. .
note: maybe also in the chapter chord symbols (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-symbols) to copy a range of chord symbols, it's from time to time a request in the forum.
In reply to Marc, your answer makes me… by frfancha
On these forums that function would probably be called "Marc (h)as answer(ed)" ;-)
In reply to I was referencing chord… by Bob_B
There is no problem copying and pasting the selected chord symbols with Ctrl + Clik in this file.
In reply to Ziya,… by frfancha
@frfancha
The OP doesn't want to select 8 measures; he only want to select the Chord symbols in that measures.
This measures may be in the middle of the score, or in another part.
Is there a faster way?
At least I select (and copy/paste) the chord symbols in the small areas like this.
In reply to @frfancha… by Ziya Mete Demircan
see Marc's comments: https://musescore.org/en/user/9420
For a passage of multiple measures (for example over several pages) I think it's easier than selecting the chord symbols with "ctrl".
In reply to see Marc's comments: https:/… by kuwitt
Several pages?
We're talking about 8 measures.
You can also select by skipping with Ctrl + Click (eg. 1st, 3rd, 5th chords). (You don't have to select all Chord Symbols.) I think: This is the most effective method in small areas.
In reply to Several pages?… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Okay in this special case it doesn't make a great difference concerning the number of actions and time.
either:
select the chord symbol, extend the selection of the chord for the next four measures via "ctrl", move to the second page, add the remaining ones, copy and paste.
or:
select the measure of the first chord symbol, extend the selection via ctrl+shift+arrow right, right click on a chord symbol and selecting all similar in range selection, copy and paste (and as you know it's also possible to deselect particular chord symbols via "ctrl" in this range selection, if necessary)
I can imagine other cases,there will be more a difference, but maybe it's also by habit/custom.