Incorrect Time in ameasure on one stave
In a piece in 4/4 time, one stave allows only 3 quarter notes; the other two staves permit all four quarter notes.
Details:
Music was originally scanned into "SmartScore" and the saved as XML file and then loaded into MuseScore.
It has been loaded, modified and saved in standard MuseScore fashion. In general time length errors arising from
the initial scanning are difficult but ,in one measure seemingly impossible, to correct. The notes in this stave( upper piano)
were cut out, and MuseScore shows a halfnote rest and a quarter rest. The length of the rest were verified
by clicking on them.
Originally detected in MuseScore 1.2, the 1.3 version has been installed and yields the same results.
The OS is Windows XP ..
Comments
Could you attach the file?
In reply to Welcome aboard by Shoichi
Thank you for the friendly greeting..
File is attached; see bar 26
In reply to Per above by squibit
Looks like the score is chock full of corrupt measures. 27 shows this more clearly - there's only a single eighth there. I'm , guessing the original MusicXML file was itself not good - garbage in, garbage out. But it wouldn't hurt to post it.
BTW< the file you posted is not really your score - it's the *backup* copy. That's why it ends with a comma (and originally started with a period, although that seems to have been removed) and doesn't open in MuseScore directly. In the future, you will want to access the version without the comma and period.
In reply to Looks like the score is chock by Marc Sabatella
It's measure 26 that's the bad one.
Didn't get to correct measure 27 and the ones that follow since there's no point if I can't get 26 right.
You don't say how you normally correct these scanning errors, but in general, right clock a measure, measure properties, check actual time signature.
In reply to You don't say how you by Marc Sabatella
Did check "measure properties"
Also tried inserting a time signature directly in the measure
Two of the three staves are consistent with 4/4 time
In reply to Per above by squibit
Check whether the measure 26 it's ok.
steps:
Right-click;
Changing measure properties (see attached);
Ok;
Right-click;
Changing measure properties (3/4 to 4/4).
I also modified the 27 (attached 2).
In reply to Hi squibit, by Shoichi
Shoichi, thank you. Did check measure properties innumerable time but never got the 3 | 4 . This
was probably due to having first corrected the top stave to 4|4
In summary of my experience to date with MuseScore , if the time in a measure is incorrect, it is
usually better to just cut the measure and re-enter the notes.
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