UNMETERED NOTATION

• Apr 3, 2019 - 12:25

In Musescore 3, how do you change from a normal time signature to something unmetered and then back again? I can't use any of the available time signatures offered in the Palettes menu.

Thanks!

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• Oct 4, 2020 - 13:45

You can make the measures any length you want regardless of the time signature. This is actually quite common for cadenzas and has been for a couple hundred years in music. To change the length of a measure, there are basically 3 ways.

  1. Right click the measure, choose measure properties and set the actual duration to the number of beats in the measure.

  2. Insert one note at a time using ctrl+shift+notename to enter a note

  3. Use the insert mode for note entry. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/note-input-modes#timewise

Each method has it's purpose so you can decide which is best for your situation.

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