New plugin: Cue Notes

• Oct 16, 2011 - 20:17

FYI, I just uploaded a new plugin, called "Cue Notes":

Nothing fancy. You enter a passage normally (eg, by copying and pasting from another staff), select the region, and run the plugin. All notes and rests are marked small, and velocity is set to 0. Saves the trouble of invoking the Note Properties dialog for the region and having to set three different parameters (small, velocity type, and velocity), and then also setting each rest fo small individually.

Comments

ErikJon

• Oct 16, 2018 - 03:31

I like it!

Is there any way to do the reverse? (i.e., to select cue notes and restore them automatically to normal size?)

ErikJon

• Oct 16, 2018 - 04:58

Oops. Nevermind. I've just figured it out. Thanks anyway.

Louis Cloete

• Oct 16, 2018 - 07:53

Any reason why you set the velocity to 0 instead of unchecking "play"?

Jojo-Schmitz

• Oct 16, 2018 - 08:02

That wasn't available back in 2011, MuseScore 1.x I guess?
Actually the .qml (the 2.x version) does that:

               for (var i = 0; i < notes.length; ++i) {
                  var note = notes[i];
                  // make silent if selected
                  if (note.selected) {
                     note.play = !(note.play); // toggle
                     if (typeof chord.small === "undefined")
                        note.small = !(note.small) // toggle
                  }
               }

Since 08d636f
In contrast to the .js (the 1.x version):

        if (cursor.isChord()) {
          var chord = cursor.chord();
          var notes = chord.notes;
          for (var i = 0; i < notes; ++i) {
            var note = chord.note(i);
            note.velocity = 1; // so the playback cursor keeps moving
          }
          chord.small = !(chord.small); // toggle

Which sets velocity to 1, as with velocity 0 the cursor stops moving, since 746e782 ;-)

Louis Cloete

• Oct 16, 2018 - 08:26

It would help if I read the date...

Marc Sabatella

• Oct 16, 2018 - 16:58

As noted, this is an extremely old thread. The original version of the plugin is no longer valid, but that same link should take you to the current version. And indeed, it works by disabling the "Play" property and setting the chord size to "Small". This is easy enough to manual manual as well, just by selecting the notes (eg, select the range, then hit the "Notes" button) using the Inspector. To undo it, just apply the same process but this time enabling Play but disabling Small.

Laurelin

• Nov 27, 2018 - 00:45

I know this is old, but apparently it's still updated?

Does this prevent cue notes from showing on the score? That's my biggest problem with cues. They make the score very difficult to read, and very very large - staves with cue notes on them don't hide.

Thanks

mike320

• Nov 27, 2018 - 01:00

If you use the selection filter (F6) you can limit your selection to everything in a voice, like voice 2 for cue notes, and press V to make them invisible in the score, but they will remain visible in the parts if you create the parts before you make them invisible. If you extract parts after, they will be invisible, but there is a set visible button in the inspector that works on a large a selection as you like.

barisaxman14

• Dec 23, 2018 - 03:44

Ok, question, I just downloaded the plugin and I have absolutely no clue what to do now. How do I get it on musescore

mike320

• Dec 23, 2018 - 16:07

See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins for instructions.

Marc Sabatella

• Dec 26, 2018 - 15:43

But FWIW, you don't really need the plugin. It was kind of useful in 1.x when it was first developed, less so in 2.x when it became easier to do the things it automated, and even less useful now with 3.0. It's just as easy to mark the notes small and silent yourself using the Inspector, and that's all the plugin does.