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Time Signature of 3/2 and a tempo of 170, but MuseScore plays the music as if the BPM is based on the quarter note.

• Aug 16, 2017 - 10:28

I have a score that has a 3/2 and a tempo of 170 BPM, but MuseScore plays the score as if the BPM is based on the quarter note. This can be seen in the MusicXML file created when I export the score to MusicXML:

        quarter
        170

This is clearly wrong, wrong, wrong. To be honest, I am extremely surprised to find this in MuseScore.

I was unable to find where in the MusicXML file, the playback tempo is set, but my assumption is that it must be governed by the metronome parameters.

Attachment	Size
Game of Thrones Theme.xml	53.33 KB

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Jojo-Schmitz

• Aug 16, 2017 - 10:56

Indeed, MuseScore (and MIDI too!) reads BPM to mean quarter notes per minute.
But is you use a tempo text of 'half note' = 170, MuseScore does that and converts it to 340BPM automagically

This is mentioned in the handbook, and I've just now tried to make that more clear.