Fixing Mistakes
I must be overlooking something really simple, but after fiddling around with MS and searching the internet I have not found a simple way to edit a pitch. Say I enter an "F" when I should have entered an "A", and don't notice the mistake until some time later. It would be nice if I could somehow select the note to be changed/deleted and move it to the correct position, or delete it, whatever the case may be.
Is this possible? I'm beginning to think the only way to fix this is to delete the measure containing the mistake, insert a new measure in its place and then fill in all the notes again.
Comments
method 1 : Select the note and then with tiouches up or down arrow to move the half tones by half tones at the right height.
method 2 : enter the correct note and then move to the faulty notes and enter again, it disappears.
method 3 : select the note, press Del (del) and re-enter the right note
In reply to method 1 : Select the note by Miré
Hi,
Method #1 - works fine for changing the pitch.
Method #2 - I can't get it to work because I don't know how to select a note. When I click the LMB a note gets inserted at the insertion point (the vertical bar).
Method #3 - Again, I don't know how to select a note that already exists on the staff. If I'm not in the Note mode, all I can do is reposition the sheet up and down, or left and right. And if I am in the Note mode, all I can do is enter a new note.
I'm a new user as you can tell, and it seems logical that one should be able to click a note to select it and then move or delete it, and that one should be able to draw a marquee around the note (or entire chord if that's the case) and move or delete it. And I have not found anything in the manuals that describes how to select a single or a group of notes.
In reply to Hi, Method #1 - works fine by skrontle@hotmail.com
Re: selecting a note - you have to exit Note Entry mode to do that. Lots of things become possible once you leave Note Entry mode. You can select individual notes or regions and then do things like transpose up and down using arrows, copy/paste, change properties, etc. So yes, selecting a note or region is a very fundamental part of MuseScore.
To select a single note, simply click it. To select a region, hold shift while dragging to draw a marquee - as you've already discovered, drag by itself moves the canvas. You can also select regions using standard keyboard shortcuts - eg, click first note, shift-click the last, or click one note, shift-arrow to extend selection.
The handbook is indeed not really set up to be a tutorial, so can be hard to get started with it. You might wish to check out the tutorial videos you can find on the main musescore.org page - they really do a good job of helping orient you with the basics of using MuseScore.
In reply to Hi, Method #1 - works fine by skrontle@hotmail.com
Selecting notes is done outside edit mode. Just click it. This allows the retrospect, corrections.
In edit mode the left and right arrow keys will move the selection. Warning : up and down change the pitch but does not move the selection into a chord then use Alt + up or down.
Note: CTRL + Up or down to increase or decrease the selected note one octave. CTRL + Shift + Up or Down button moves the selected note on the staff above or below (but it retains its pitch) in the context of multi-span instruments.
For method 2, in edit mode, enter the new note and then move the cursor on the wrong note and click. Logically it should be clear.
To select a group of notes: off edit mode, click the first note and then shift+click on another note (or silence). By doing so you can select a group of notes or only a chord However, this selects all voices if present.
See: Copy and paste
Caveat: double-click an item to move any part of the sheet using the arrow keys.
up, down left and right moves one space
CTRL + up, down left, right moves 1/10 space
ALT + up, down, left, right moves hundredth space.
(This only has an effect on the graphics)
This allows fine positioning when necessary elements of the partition.
Lastly right-click on an item brings up a pop-up window that gives access to other opportunities including properties of these elements.
MuseScore rout a bit at first but soon you realize you can do anything you want (and more) with him ; )