Please fix whole rest alignment
If you delete notes from a measure, then change the rests to a whole rest, that whole rest is left-aligned. This also happens if you add a whole rest via right-clicking in note input mode. As far as I know, a whole rest should always be center aligned in an empty measure. It would be appropriate if this were default in MuseScore, rather than having to manually fix it with ctrl+shift+del.
2nd image excerpted from Behind Bars by Elaine Gould, pg. 159.
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Whole rests are left aligned and by design, measure rests are centered, also by design, and in accordance with Gould. They do look the same, except for their alignment. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/measure-rests#full-measure-rest
In reply to Whole rests are left aligned… by Jojo-Schmitz
If a song is in 4/4, and contains only a whole rest, I think it is safe to say that MuseScore should automatically convert it to a measure rest. What's a scenario where you wouldn't want that?
In reply to If a song is in 4/4, and… by Blaarghinator
The user has the flexibility to decide that for themselves. Even in a 4/4 song, there are times, like candenzas (e.g. cello plays while piano is tacet in a cello sonata), when there are not 4 beats to the measure so a whole and measure rest are two different things.
In reply to Whole rests are left aligned… by Jojo-Schmitz
This scenario doesnt work well when you have chord annotations above a measure with a whole rest. The rest is misaligned to the left with nothing after it.
I guess you could just delete the contents of that measure, using delete rather than backspace, and you clear the meaure and get the centered rest. Having both options like it's currently set up just gives you options. :-)
So to be clear: a "whole rest" is a rest whose length is exactly the same as a whole note (or four quarter notes) and as such is always left-aligned. A measure rest is a rest that takes up the full length of the measure regardless of what that length is and is always centered. MuseScore supports both. if you explicitly enter a whole rest, it is correctly rendered as a whole rest - left-aligned. If however you explicitly enter a measure rest, simply delete the contents of a measure, it is correctly rendered as a measure rest - centered.
Normally measures rests happen automatically - the measure starts that way, and it reutnes to that state when you delete the contents of a measure. But to convert a whole rest or any other sequences of rests that fills a measure into a measure rest explicitly, use Ctrl+Shift+Delete.
So to be clear: everything is exactly as it should be.
In reply to So to be clear: a "whole… by Marc Sabatella
Ah, that makes sense. I didn't consider how whole rests need to be left-aligned for certain time sigs and other uses.
I still sometimes have the problem of deciding to remove the notes from a measure while keeping other elements, though it's not too much of a hassle to fix it with ctrl+sh+del.
In reply to Ah, that makes sense. I didn… by Tristan H
Depending on the specifics, you might find the Selection Filters the best way to do that.