Chord Building using ALT-Keypad - Free bonus tied chord!
Hi,
The bug I have is when I build a chord using ALT and the numeric keypad.
I enter a note and then press and hold ALT followed by the key pad 4 and then 3, I get my chord and then the chord gets added again with ties to the first chord. If I release the ALT key between the 3 & 4 or if I use the normal number keys, it does not do it.
It has happened on other chord combinations, but I can't remember them at the moment. Adding a 4th and then 3rd is the most common.
It's not a huge bug, but it does interrupt the flow when typesetting a lot of Piano music.
Can others replicate this?
C.
Comments
Very likely a windows-only issue.
Alt+43 (on the numeric keypad) is a way in windows to write the '+' character. MuseScore thus receives the following keystrokes:
* Alt: nothing to do, highlight the menu shortcuts
* Alt+4: adds note to chord
* Alt+3: adds note to chord
* + (sent as a consequence of typing Alt+43): tie command
In reply to Very likely a windows-only… by jeetee
For fun, try Alt+65 to add an additional 'A'
In reply to For fun, try Alt+65 to add… by jeetee
So it's a 'Hidden Feature' rather than a bug!
Thanks for the clarification.
C.
In reply to Very likely a windows-only… by jeetee
So you need to release the Alt key after the 4?
However, I can't reproduce (on Windows 7), for a
+I need to type Alt+0+4+3In reply to So you need to release the… by Jojo-Schmitz
To replicate it, keep the ALT key held while pressing the 4 and then the 3 on the numeric keypad.
In reply to To replicate it, keep the… by tlatech
That's what I did.
In reply to That's what I did. by Jojo-Schmitz
I did note then ALT+4+3 - no zero as you did earlier. I am on a Windows 7 machine too. Possibly a language/keyboard issue? I have had that with other shortcuts.
In reply to So you need to release the… by Jojo-Schmitz
My Win7 MuseScore 2.2.1 with belgian Azerty reproduces this as well (without the 0).
I just never noticed it before, as I mostly use Shift+letter to build chords.
In reply to My Win7 MuseScore 2.2.1 with… by jeetee
German QWERTZ here. As far as I remember Alt+numpaddigits always required 3 digits to insert the ASCII.
In reply to My Win7 MuseScore 2.2.1 with… by jeetee
And I learn another feature ... !
a funky pattern for the 4 note chords in a minor key. :)
take the last three letters of the chord before the previous chord,
and add the first letter of the previous chord
to get the next chord...
For example in A minor, one could take the CEG (last three letters of chord i "ACEG") and then take the first letter of the previous chord which would be B (first letter of chord ii dim BDFA) to get the letter notes for chord III (CEG+ B = CEGB)...etc.
i. a(CEG)
iidim. (B)dfa
III. CEGB
iv. dfaC
v. EGBd
VI. faCE
VII. GBdf
snazzy eh?
In reply to a funky pattern for the 4… by Adria Sorensen
Other than that you're talking about chords, I completely miss the relevance of your post to this topic.