Intelligent bar sectioning
A feature I would very much like to see is automatic division of entered notes over the middle of a bar.
Example:
4/4 time - Dotted quarter, dotted quarter, quarter. At this time, that is exactly what you get, but the middle dotted quarter should show as an eighth note tied to a quarter so that the rhythm doesn't mislead one's understanding of the pulse.
The same intelligence should be active over each quarter section, at least, and probably ad infinitum
I believe this should be the default. However, there are times when the present default is wanted, so I would, at least, like the option to set this.
I hope I'm clear. It's getting late and long for me.
Thank you.
Comments
After writing 18 scores for the band, extracting parts and having 13 pieces performed, the most common complaint was regarding how MuseScore divided the time - there was most confusion when MS arranged 3 eight notes with a single beam,, causing a "triplet" understanding when that was not the case.
There has been no reply to my first raising of this issue, so I am curious if this is being considered as a fix.
Regards,
Don
In reply to Intelligent bar sectioning by xavierjazz
Can you give an example of the three eight notes with a single beam?
As far as the automatic ties for beat divisions, it is an idea I am uncomfortable with because most scores these days do not force ties over every beat. For example 4/4 time: eight note, followed by three quarters, followed by an eight note. I agree that the specific example you cite (with dotted quarter notes) would have an eight note tied to a quarter.
Hello David. I understand your reluctance to do cross-half bar divisions. A way to satisfy both wants would be to make this feature user-controlled; switches.
Attached is an example of the "Triplet implication" problem.
Regards,
Don
In reply to Example by xavierjazz
That last measure is the only one that has misleading beams. A couple choices/workarounds: break the beats manually in that one measure, or change the quarter note B to two tied eighth notes. I believe the later is the most common way you would see it.
In reply to That last measure is the only by David Bolton
Hi David.
I understand how to fix it - I fixed most of them, but missed that one.
It just seems to me that it would be an important feature in any good notation program.
:-)
regards.
In reply to That last measure is the only by David Bolton
Further to this discussion, I append a file.
this cannot be right.
regards
In reply to Beat divisions in a bar by xavierjazz
Am I to assume that there will be no further modification of how the beat over the middle of the bar can be manipulated?
Thanks,
Regards,
In reply to Bump by xavierjazz
The problem is that you are advocating complex behaviour of simple editing commands. Entering a quarter note should always give a quarter note and not sometimes two tied 1/8 notes.
We try to follow some rules for the design of user interfaces. One rule is to make commands stateless if possible. The suggested behaviour introduces a fairly complex state dependency.
A possible solution would be a plugin which tries to detect and correct the wrong grouping of notes.
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I understand.