Unwanted Orphan Beams appearing in score
I've been editing a Chopin Nocturne Op 48 No1 that I downloaded from the Musescore sheet music section. One of the most annoying problems is Orphan Beams that are far displaced from the notes they are associated with. I've deleted the associated notes, but the Orphan beams will come back. I don't know why they appear. It seems to be a rather serious bug in the program, unless someone knows how to clean the slate and get rid of whatever triggers them.
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We won't be able to do anything about this without seeing the actual score.
In reply to We won't be able to do by Jojo-Schmitz
Look at measure 53 there's and Orphan Beam at the beginning of the measure that is associated with notes in measure 54. Measure 52 Staff 1 incomplete. Expected: 4/4; Found: 44/48 is screwed up too. I corrected that, but the problem with measures 53 & 54 continues even if 52 was the correct values. How do these incorrect measure values creep in in the first place? They obviously create a lot of problems. as all subsequent measure are affected as well.
In reply to Look at measure 53 there's by gBouchard
Check if the measure 53 is fine now.
In reply to Look at measure 53 there's by gBouchard
The orphan beam is the result of #16278: Beaming notes over barlines and line breaks. You can't extend a beam over a barline if the bars are on different systems. I mean, it's valid musical notation, but MuseScore doesn't support it. So click the first note of measure 55 (top staff, bottom voice) and double click the Auto beam icon to reset to normal. You aren't using this sort of cross-barline beaming elsewhere so I'm thinking you might have done it inadvertently anyhow.
In reply to The orphan beam is the result by Marc Sabatella
I believe the problem is I'm starting out with scores downloaded from the Musescore website, and they are loaded with various errors. I believe some of this may result when a single note in a group of beamed notes is set as invisible. I say this because I saw it happen in another score with which I was working. I know this particular score had loads of duplicate musical figures one on top of the other many of which were marked as invisible. I'm not sure the reason, but I suspect it was an effort to get the MIDI player to sound more acceptably. I wish there was some sort of peer review process for the scores that are posted as some are awell done, but many are not.
In reply to I believe the problem is I'm by gBouchard
Thoss scores would most probably have been created with MuseScore 1.x, as since 2.0 such corruptions are detected and reported and not alowed to upload to MuseScore.com any more.
In reply to Thoss scores would most by Jojo-Schmitz
I would like to see a peer reviewed "Winners Circle" of scores that are well done by many criteria, which would include optimum and appropriate use of voices, a clean and uncluttered look, musically correct by traditional publishers standards, and for all intents and purposes be ready for professional play.
Attached is my most recent revisions of the score in question. I'm going to take it to the printer today for a proof copy. Most likely I will find some additional errors that need correction.