Converting tuplets back to square rhythm.
So I found this score for a song I want, but it came with a lot of triplets and it has lyrics already entered. The correct rhythm for the triplets is actually sixteenth, eighth, sixteenth, NOT triplets. And yes, it MAKES A DIFFEERENCE! Is there any way to convert those rhythms to the way I want them without losing the lyrics?
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No.
But you can enter the correct rhythms perhaps in a (temporary) new instrument. As the number of notes remain the same between the triplet rhythm and your desired rhythm you can then copy-and-paste the lyrics from one to the other.
Then paste the new notation back in its place.
In reply to No. But you can enter the… by jeetee
Thanks! That will save some time. The lyrics are in a language with lots of those nasty little squiggly things that you have to go to the special menu to type. :)
In reply to No. But you can enter the… by jeetee
Well it was a nice idea, and it seemed logical, and it seemed to work (kinda) but it completely corrupted the score. I created the correct rhythm at the end of the score with the right notes and then I pasted the desired lyrics to it. Then I copied that whole thing. Then I deleted the triple. This particular song is in 2/4 and the triples are all 3 trip 8ths in the place of 2. So you'd think deleting it would create a quarter rest. But no, it created a bar that appeared to have only 1 quarter value in it. So when it was a quarter, I clicked half note, then back to quarter and that appeared to create my quarter rest, where I could now paste the new thing I had just made. I got as far as bar 17. But when I tried to save the score and reopen it, THIS happened (see attachment.) Admittedly, I don't know the origin of this score, it was a xml file I found laying around. Maybe those extra rests are voice 2 or something, but it is not behaving very well. It's deleting the triples that is acting wonky, and I would have to do that even if I re-entered the correct notes and rhythms and lyrics manually! Oh, I should also add that I used (for the first time) that new Paste half time option because this score was in 4/4 originally and the correct meter is 2/4. So I had previously selected the whole thing copied and pasted half time, then changed the meter to 2/4 which appeared to work fine. Maybe I should have saved and reopened before attempting to wank around with the tuples (which were originally 3 quarter notes in place of 2.)
In reply to Well it was a nice idea, and… by Colleen R Kitchen
I can confirm the score is currently corrupt, but in order to investigate further, we'd need you to attach a version that was saved just before it became corrupt, and then give the steps that corrupted it. Could well be the XML file had problems already that weren't detected.