Adding a time signature to a piece originally without one
I have a composition that was originally notated in free time i.e. without a time signature/barlines and was wondering if they were possible to add post-completion of the score. If I drag a 4/4 time signature from the palette into the score, MuseScore just crashes (possibly due to the size?), and if I copy-paste the notes into a new score in 4/4 the beams disappear after the first line (see picture).
Any help would be appreciated!
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My guess on the crash is because there are tuplets in the score and MuseScore got "indigestion" trying to figure out if it could put barlines between them or if it needed to give you an error because the barline would go through the tuplet, which is illegal. That's just a guess on the crash.
To fix the beams I would use ctrl+a to select the score, then click notes in the inspector then double click "auto" in the Beam Properties so the beams do not cross system breaks. It will actually restore the beaming to normal 4/4 beaming. Problems with beams crossing a system break are a known bug in version 2.x. This should restore missing the beams.
In reply to My guess on the crash is… by mike320
Not sure, there aren't any tuplets in the score.
I tried your suggestion but MuseScore seems to register all the beams of the piece as being in bar 1, so even by clicking say bar 4 and using the Inspector, one of the cluster of beams in bar 1 is highlighted.
In reply to Not sure, there aren't any… by SuppiSun
You need to open the Beam properties palette and double click auto in the palette while all of the notes are selected. This should restore all of the beams to the 4/4 default beaming pattern. Since I don't have the actual .mscz file to work with, all I can do is tell you what I would try. If I had the score I could fix it and tell you what I did.
In reply to You need to open the Beam… by mike320
That worked! Thanks.
In reply to That worked! Thanks. by SuppiSun
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