Pick up measures
I'm transcribing a Bach choral. It's in 4/4. I have a pick up note to begin, then when I get to the last measure of the line there is a repeat, and only three beats in the measure. How do I notate this? Should I make that measure 3/4?
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Assuming the remaining beat is in the beginning of the next line, that's really one measure split in two. So use Tools / Measures / Split Meausre Before Selected Note/Rest.
In reply to Assuming the remaining beat… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc. I finished this before you replied. I just made and used 1/4, 3/4 and 4/4 time sigs. But now the score looks better but still a bit cluttered.
In reply to Thanks Marc. I finished this… by Rockhoven
Specifically, see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/measure-operations#duration
and look for: "Example: In the image below..."
In reply to Specifically, see: https:/… by Jm6stringer
Thanks jm - Is that going to work in 2.0? I had a computer failure and had to switch to Linux with only version 2.0.
In reply to Thanks jm - Is that going to… by Rockhoven
Current version works just fine with Linux. It might not be in the default repository, but we don't recommend or directly support that anyhow, we always people wanting the latest and greatest AppImage we provide ourselves, see the Download link above.
MuseScore 3 definitely provides a number of new capabilities that didn't exist in MuseScore 2 that are relevant here, but overall, the basic operations are similar.
In reply to Thanks jm - Is that going to… by Rockhoven
Yes this would work with any MuseScore version
In reply to Yes this would work with any… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK. I'm in a jam with my OS and I have never been able to manually install a program on Linux yet.
In reply to OK. I'm in a jam with my OS… by Rockhoven
AppImages don't even require installation, just a download and a
chmod +xIn reply to AppImages don't even require… by Jojo-Schmitz
I'll try it when I have time. I'm pressured to get this done tonight on 2.0. I'll try a new installation tomorrow. But I'm doing alright on 2.0. I just hope other people can open it!
The pickup measure should not be counted as measure 1. But it's not so. Can I correct this so that measure 1 is the first full measure?
In reply to The pickup measure should… by Rockhoven
It's already so if you specify the pickup when you first create the score (eg, checking the box in the new score wizard. But if you add the pickup later, then you need to set "Exclude from measure count" manually in the Measure Properties dialog.
In reply to It's already so if you… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you