Swing eighth note triplets
I'm trying to input a swung score and I can't get triplets.
I have clicked on the first note and entered the Text Swing. What else do I need to do?
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Did you use the text palette to enter Swing? If not, then the easiest way to fix it is to delete the text and use the Text pallete to enter swing. If the ratio is not correct for you, you can right click the text and select System text properties, click the Swing settings tab and adjust the swing to your liking.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tuplets#instructions
then https://musescore.org/en/handbook/swing
(If I have understood what you want to do)
Swing and triplets are two very different concepts, although they can sound somewhat similar (not identical, but similar).
Swing is accomplished by writing ordinary eighth notes and then putting the word "Swing" (from the Text palette) on the score. MuseScore automatically swings eighths in a 60% ratio, more or less as a human musicians wouldn].
Triplets are something you write explicitly in the score, using Notes / Tuplets / Triplets or the shortcut Ctrl+3, as described in the Handbook.
if you want swing, write swing. If you want triplets, better to write triplets. Although for the record, you can force MuseScore to interpret swing as if it were triplets, by right-clicking the Swing text, going to System Text Properties, Swing Settings, and setting the ratio to 66%.