Condensing rests (NOT multimeasure!)
Searched for this but was unable to find it...if I have four quarter note rests in a measure, is there an easier way to convert that to a whole rest than selecting them all and deleting? As I edit music, I invariably end up with messy rest notation when what I'd like is a way to automatically always display a rest interval in the most efficient way. Thanks!
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Select the 1st (of each measure), press 7, and get a whole rest. Press Ctrl-Shift+Del asnd get a whole measure rest
In reply to Select the 1st (of each… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, but how do I do this across an entire score, all at once? If I go one by one, it will take me quite a while and I'm sure I'll miss some in the process. Thanks!
In reply to Thanks, but how do I do this… by lautier
Right click one, select all similar, Del
In reply to Right click one, select all… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, almost there...is there a way to account for variability? For example, one measure may have two eighth rests, while another may have two quarters. Thanks.
It would be best if you attached your score and explained in more detailed how it got into this state. This isn't something that would normally happen much if at all. So I'm trying to understand what you might be doing that could be done differently to avoid this problem in the first place.
In reply to It would be best if you… by Marc Sabatella
Sure thing, Marc, thanks. You can see on measure 52, I have three quarter rests instead of a half and a quarter. Same thing on measure 60, but on measure 65, there are two half rests rather than a whole, and four quarters rather than a whole on 67. It goes on and on. So there's a lot of variability here, and the reason for it is that I originally wrote the lyrics in French, then translated it into a modern English version, and I am now going back to the original Shakespearean English. In the course of all this, I've made changes to text settings, some melodies, rhythms, etc., which is the cause of the issue. If need be, I'll go through the entire score (this is just the piano-vocal...the orchestral one will be even harder!) and fix every single measure manually, but I thought there might be a simple function that produces the most efficient/correct notation of rests in one fell swoop. Thanks again.
In reply to Sure thing, Marc, thanks… by lautier
Thanks for the explanation. It's still not clear why you didn't just set the rests right at the same time you set the notes right, but no matter, it's still quite simple to fix retroactively. Ctrl+A to select all, then Tools / Regroup Rhythms will fix both notes and rests to reflect standard notation practice.
In reply to Thanks for the explanation. … by Marc Sabatella
That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks Marc.
In reply to That's exactly what I was… by lautier
See: #298892: Undoing "Regroup Rhythms" in a score with tremolos results in crash
In reply to See: #298892: Undoing … by cadiz1
Interesting, I noticed after doing this that regrouping rhythms was wiping out my tremolos, so I ended up just skipping measures that had them and fixing those manually. I also experienced a crash when I undid it.