Easier notation of compound meter
Compound meters are time signatures where the beat is of a dotted quarter note instead of a quarter note, so the beat is made up of triplets instead of two eighth notes. 6/8 (2/4), 9/8 (3/4), and 12/8 (4/4) are all examples of compound meter.
However, when you begin to notate in compound meters in Musescore, it does not think in beats of dotted quarter notes as you notate.
https://i.imgur.com/lEmhG0v.png
In this image you see 6 examples of notation in compound meter. The left measures are how it looks currently, in Musescore 2.0.3. The right measures are how I request they look in future updates, for greater ease of proper notation in compound meter.
Comments
This drives me nuts. I spent 3 days completing an arrangement in 12/8, and another 2 days tidying up the beats so human beings would actually be able to play it. And I still find something new every time I look.
In reply to This drives me nuts. I spent… by rob33
I’m a bit confused how this happened. If you enter your notes and rests left to right as one would normally, you are in complete control of the notation of the rests. Should take no additional time to get right. Sure, it would be nice if the rests entered themselves correctly in 12/8, but you have to enter the notes yourself, it isn’t that much of a hardship to enter the rests yourself too.
See #4867: Rests in measures should be grouped according to time signature for the outstanding feature request on this.
A possible workaround for now can be to fill your first measure with the desired rest pattern (dotted quarters), select it, and press
Rto prefill the score with the pattern.Sidenote: Any reason you're still on 2.0.3? At the very least update to 2.3.2 to receive hundreds of bugfixes. And/or move on to 3.4.2 to receive another boost in functionality.
In reply to See #4867: Filling measure… by jeetee
I suppose the reason is because the original post is from 2015 ;-).
In reply to I suppose the reason is… by kuwitt
Totally overlooked that -_-