How to Show or Remove Duplicate Notes?
Right now, I'm making a piece of music, with the problem that I may have added multiple notes in the same location, with the same pitch, by shift-adding the same note with keyboard. How do I get Musescore to show them side-by-side, instead of overlapping?
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If you think that you have added too many notes then the easiest way to sort it is to re-enter the note. If you have deliberately entered two notes of the same pitch and want to flip one horizontally then [Shift]x does it. (Sometimes it doesn't, though, in which case try x followed by [Shift]x followed by x again).
In reply to If you think that you have by underquark
PRoblem is, I don't know if there are mistakes or not.
In reply to PRoblem is, I don't know if by jimbo1qaz
OK, try selecting the section that you think my have mistakes ans just press X. This can cause single notes to flip vertically but leave double notes unflipped. It doesn't work for beamed notes, though.
Now that I'm working on the same music again, I really need a way to get rid of all duplicate-note errors, if they exist.
In reply to Bump by jimbo1qaz
How long is the piece? Depending on the length of the piece, your best choices are:
- just bite the bullet and redo it (best for short pieces)
- go through each note one by one using cursor keys, hitting Delete to delete any extra notes, then Undo if the note is actually deleted
- learn JavaScript programming, write yourself a plugin to do this for you
- stop worrying about it; the extra notes are harmless if you can't see them
In reply to How long is the piece? by Marc Sabatella
or
- wait or somebody to write a plugin for you
p.s. has somebody written a plugin yet? :))
In reply to or - wait or somebody to… by AndewMole
This has long been fixed, no need for a plugin. If this is still applicable you should upgrade at least to version 2.something or better yet 3.1.
In reply to Bump by jimbo1qaz
Ooooh, another idea: download a nightly build of 2.0 (see Download link at right of this page), load a *copy* of your score, and any duplicate notes that you didn't explicitly flip around then back will appear on the "wrong" side of the stem. Then go back to the original score in 1.3, using what you learned from 2.0 as a guide, and go in and delete the extra notes you now know are there.
In reply to Ooooh, another idea: download by Marc Sabatella
Nice idea! I'll do it on a backup copy and see if it shows up anything. Note, this is like a 48-measure piano version of a extremely complex video game piece (GCN Rainbow Road).
In reply to Nice idea! I'll do it on a by jimbo1qaz
Not a long piece then :)
In reply to Bump by jimbo1qaz
I guess the note names plugin might help in finding the duplicates