How do I delete a single empty measure?
I have one empty measure at the end of a piece.
How do I delete it?
(This isn't as simple as it looks...)
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/measure-operations#delete
In reply to See by Jojo-Schmitz
a) If I click on the space around the semi-breve rest then the measure becomes selected and then Ctl-Del works.
b) If I have the semi-breve rest selected then Ctl-Del does nothing.
As an average user I was expecting b) to delete the measure...
Brian
In reply to a) If I click on the space by BWernham
You want to delete a measure, so select a measure. If you want to delete a rest, select a rest. Note that voice 1 rests can't get deleted, note also that the rest from your picture is not a semi-breve rest, but a full measure rest. Looks similar, but isn't quite the same thing
In reply to You want to delete a measure, by Jojo-Schmitz
OK - I understand how selection works better now - thanks.
P.S. It is a semi-breve - look at it again
In reply to OK - I understand how by BWernham
select it and what the Status bar. It is not a whole or seme-breve rest, but a (full) measure rest. The difference is the alignment, full measure rests are centered to the measure, whole rests are left aligned. You can have a full measure rest in a 3/4 measure, but for a whole rest you need a measure of 4/4 or longer
In reply to OK - I understand how by BWernham
It's a distinction that is often glossed over in beginning books on notation, but indeed, a semi-breve resta and a full measure rest *are* two different things, even though they look similar, and behave the same in 4/4 time. The different in how they look is the alignment, as stated: semi-breve rests are left aligned, full measure rests are centered. The difference in how they behave is meaningful only when in time signatures other than 4/4 (or, equivalently, 2/2, or 8/8, etc). A semi-breve rest (aka whole rest) always lasts ezactly as long as a semi-breve note (aka whole note), which is to say, four beats in x/4 time, 2 beats in x/2 time, etc. Thus, in 6/4 (for example), a semi-breve rest at the beginning of the measure takes only the first four beats, leaving two left to be taken up by a minim (aka half note) or whatever. Whereas a full measure rest would take the full six beats.
In reply to It's a distinction that is by Marc Sabatella
Wow - thanks. That makes perfect sense now that you explain it - because a Breve is 8 beats (correct?).
In reply to Wow - thanks. That makes by BWernham
Well, it's the same length as eighth crotechets (quarter notes), so it would be eight beats in 8/4 time. In "modern-ish" practice (current notation of Renaissance music), I think you'd be more likely to see a breve in 4/2, where it would be only four beats (and a semi-breve two), but same idea.