Exchanging Button
It is tricky to change the rythmics afterwards. For instance to get a rest on the first beat. If the duration of a note changes, musescore fills automatically rests in, but they are often not on the place where I want them to be. So it would be great to have the function to exchange the position of a note and a rest. Or the possibility to move a rest with the mouse.
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Actually, it's simple to get a rest on the first beat. You enter a rest on the first beat just like you enter a note on the first beat: first select the duration, then type the shortcut, which for rest is 0 (or use the toolbar to select the rest icon then click on the staff if you've got extra time to kill). No need to slow things down even further by entering things wrong then trying to fix them later - just enter them right to begin with, much easier and faster.
Click below for my Quick Answer on how to enter rests:
Enter Rests
https://masteringmusescore.com/quick-answers/enter-rests
In reply to Actually, it's simple to get… by Marc Sabatella
The problem is to change a given score, not to start from scratch. If I enter a rest in the way you described, I'll loose the text, with is connected with the first note. Sometimes I have four verses and it's annoying to restore them all instead of simply press "exchange".
In reply to The problem is to change a… by Noebian
Ah...
So now you're talking about lyrics and notes. So, if you want a rest on the first beat, why would you need a lyric text also on the first beat?
If you want to move both notes and lyrics from the first beat to the second beat, cut from the first beat and paste into the second beat.
Please attach a sample score showing exactly what you wish to accomplish.
In reply to Ah... So now you're talking… by Jm6stringer
Here is an example: the first bar is the origin, the second what I want to have. Thank you for your interest.
If I mark the first note and change it to a quarter, the rest appears after it. So I think a button to exchange both would be helpful.
In reply to Here is an example: the… by Noebian
As mentioned above, cut and paste already does this and more - note just exchanging a note with the next or previous note/rest, but moving it anywhere. Just select the note and attached elements (a "range" selection, eg, Shift+click it), Ctrl+X to cut, click where you want it move it to, Ctrl+V to paste.