"BigTime": Large time signatures plugin [Release, proof-of-concept]

• Jan 5, 2022 - 14:11

Large time signatures have been requested in MuseScore for some time, but currently are not natively supported. This is a plugin which "converts" MuseScore time signatures into text-based large time signatures.

Plugin: https://gitlab.com/RunasSudo/musescore-bigtime-plugin/-/blob/master/Big…

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Some notes:

  • Internally, the native time signatures are stretched to reserve space for the large time signatures, and hidden by making the opacity 0.
  • The large time signatures have the User-1 style applied. For correct results, reduce the line spacing (e.g. 0.34li).

This is a very simple implementation and has some shortcomings – e.g. there is limited customisability – but given how long this feature request has stood I thought I'd put this up as a proof-of-concept of sorts.

Comments

• Jan 24, 2022 - 05:07

Thanks L'Moose on Discord for the suggestion – I've updated the plugin to use SMuFL large time signature symbols from Bravura. This removes the need to download and install any separate fonts!

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• Nov 17, 2024 - 04:23

//=============================================================================
// MuseScore
// Music Composition & Notation
//
// Note Names Plugin
//
// Copyright (C) 2012 Werner Schweer
// Copyright (C) 2013 - 2019 Joachim Schmitz
// Copyright (C) 2014 Jörn Eichler
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
// as published by the Free Software Foundation and appearing in
// the file LICENCE.GPL
//=============================================================================

import QtQuick 2.0
import MuseScore 3.0

MuseScore {
version: "3.0"
description: qsTr("This plugin names notes as per your language setting")
menuPath: "Plugins.Notes." + qsTr("Note Names") // this does not work, why?

function nameChord (notes, text) {
for (var i = 0; i < notes.length; i++) {
console.log(notes);
console.log(i);
console.log("回数; " +notes[i].tpc);
console.log("ピッチ; " +notes[0].pitch);
//cursor.add("あ");
var sep = "\n"; // change to "\n" if you want them vertically
if ( i > 0 )
text.text = sep + text.text; // any but top note

     if (typeof notes[i].tpc === "undefined") // like for grace notes ?!?
        return
     switch (notes[i].tpc) {
        case -1: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "F♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  0: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "C♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  1: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "G♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  2: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "D♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  3: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "A♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  4: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "E♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  5: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "B♭♭") + text.text; break;
        case  6: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "F♭")  + text.text; break;
        case  7: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "C♭")  + text.text; break;

        case  8: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "G♭")  + text.text; break;
        case  9: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "D♭")  + text.text; break;
        case 10: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "A♭")  + text.text; break;
        case 11: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "E♭")  + text.text; break;
        case 12: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "B♭")  + text.text; break;
        case 13: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "F")   + text.text; break;
        case 14: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "比")   + text.text; break;
        case 15: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "十")   + text.text; break;
        case 16: if (notes[0].pitch ==74 ){text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "上")   + text.text;}
              else{text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "凢")   + text.text;}
              break;
        case 17: if (notes[0].pitch ==69 ){text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "行")   + text.text;}
              else{text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "乞")   + text.text;}
              break;
        case 18: 
              if (notes[0].pitch ==64 ){text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "乙")   + text.text;}
              else{text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "八")   + text.text;}
              break;
        case 19: if (notes[0].pitch ==59 ){text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "一")   + text.text;}
              else{text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "七")   + text.text;}
              break;
        case 20:if (notes[0].pitch ==66 ){text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "下")   + text.text;}
              else{text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "千")   + text.text;}
              break;
        case 21: if (notes[0].pitch ==61 ){text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "工")   + text.text;}
              else{text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "言")   + text.text;}
              break;
        case 22: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "美")  + text.text; break;
        case 23: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "D♯")  + text.text; break;
        case 24: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "A♯")  + text.text; break;
        case 25: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "E♯")  + text.text; break;
        case 26: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "B♯")  + text.text; break;
        case 27: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "F♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 28: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "C♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 29: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "G♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 30: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "D♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 31: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "A♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 32: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "E♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 33: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "B♯♯") + text.text; break;
        case 34: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "あ") + text.text; break;
        case 35: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "い") + text.text; break;
        case 36: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "う") + text.text; break;
        default: text.text = qsTr("?")   + text.text; break;
     } // end switch tpc

     //switch (notes[0].pitch) {
       // case 57: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "乞") + text.text; break;
        //case 59: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "一") + text.text; break;
       // case 61: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "工") + text.text; break;
       // case 62: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "凡") + text.text; break;
       // case 64: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "乙") + text.text; break;
       // case 66: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "下") + text.text; break;
       // case 67: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "十") + text.text; break;
       // case 68: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "美") + text.text; break;
        //case 69: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "行") + text.text; break;
       // case 71: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "七") + text.text; break;
       // case 74: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "上") + text.text; break;
        //case 76: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "八") + text.text; break;
        //case 78: text.text = qsTranslate("InspectorAmbitus", "千") + text.text; break;
     //}

     // octave, middle C being C4
     //text.text += (Math.floor(notes[i].pitch / 12) - 1)
     // or
     //text.text += (Math.floor(notes[i].ppitch / 12) - 1)

// change below false to true for courtesy- and microtonal accidentals
// you might need to come up with suitable translations
// only #, b, natural and possibly also ## seem to be available in UNICODE
if (false) {
switch (notes[i].userAccidental) {
case 0: break;
case 1: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp") + text.text; break;
case 2: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat") + text.text; break;
case 3: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Double sharp") + text.text; break;
case 4: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Double flat") + text.text; break;
case 5: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Natural") + text.text; break;
case 6: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat-slash") + text.text; break;
case 7: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat-slash2") + text.text; break;
case 8: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Mirrored-flat2") + text.text; break;
case 9: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Mirrored-flat") + text.text; break;
case 10: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Mirrored-flat-slash") + text.text; break;
case 11: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat-flat-slash") + text.text; break;
case 12: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp-slash") + text.text; break;
case 13: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp-slash2") + text.text; break;
case 14: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp-slash3") + text.text; break;
case 15: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp-slash4") + text.text; break;
case 16: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp arrow up") + text.text; break;
case 17: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp arrow down") + text.text; break;
case 18: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sharp arrow both") + text.text; break;
case 19: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat arrow up") + text.text; break;
case 20: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat arrow down") + text.text; break;
case 21: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Flat arrow both") + text.text; break;
case 22: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Natural arrow down") + text.text; break;
case 23: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Natural arrow up") + text.text; break;
case 24: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Natural arrow both") + text.text; break;
case 25: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Sori") + text.text; break;
case 26: text.text = qsTranslate("accidental", "Koron") + text.text; break;
default: text.text = qsTr("?") + text.text; break;
} // end switch userAccidental
} // end if courtesy- and microtonal accidentals
} // end for note
}

onRun: {
if (typeof curScore === 'undefined')
Qt.quit();

  var cursor = curScore.newCursor();
  var startStaff;
  var endStaff;
  var endTick;
  var fullScore = false;
  cursor.rewind(1);
  if (!cursor.segment) { // no selection
     fullScore = true;
     startStaff = 0; // start with 1st staff
     endStaff  = curScore.nstaves - 1; // and end with last
  } else {
     startStaff = cursor.staffIdx;
     cursor.rewind(2);
     if (cursor.tick === 0) {
        // this happens when the selection includes
        // the last measure of the score.
        // rewind(2) goes behind the last segment (where
        // there's none) and sets tick=0
        endTick = curScore.lastSegment.tick + 1;
     } else {
        endTick = cursor.tick;
     }
     endStaff = cursor.staffIdx;
  }
  console.log(startStaff + " - " + endStaff + " - " + endTick)

  for (var staff = startStaff; staff &lt;= endStaff; staff++) {
     for (var voice = 0; voice &lt; 4; voice++) {
        cursor.rewind(1); // beginning of selection
        cursor.voice    = voice;
        cursor.staffIdx = staff;

        if (fullScore)  // no selection
           cursor.rewind(0); // beginning of score

        while (cursor.segment &amp;&amp; (fullScore || cursor.tick &lt; endTick)) {
           if (cursor.element &amp;&amp; cursor.element.type === Element.CHORD) {
              var text = newElement(Element.STAFF_TEXT);

              var graceChords = cursor.element.graceNotes;
              for (var i = 0; i &lt; graceChords.length; i++) {
                 // iterate through all grace chords
                 var graceNotes = graceChords[i].notes;
                 nameChord(graceNotes, text);
                 // there seems to be no way of knowing the exact horizontal pos.
                 // of a grace note, so we have to guess:
                 text.offsetX = -2.5 * (graceChords.length - i);
                 //switch (voice) {
                    //case 0: text.offsetY =  1; break;
                    //case 1: text.offsetY = 10; break;
                    //case 2: text.offsetY = -1; break;
                    //case 3: text.offsetY = 12; break;
                 //}

                 cursor.add(text);
                 // new text for next element
                 text = newElement(Element.STAFF_TEXT);
              }

              var notes = cursor.element.notes;
              nameChord(notes, text);

              //switch (voice) {
                 //case 0: text.offsetY =  1; break;
                 //case 1: text.offsetY = 10; break;
                 //case 2: text.offsetY = -1; break;
                 //case 3: text.offsetY = 12; break;
              //}
              if ((voice == 0) &amp;&amp; (notes[0].pitch &gt; 83))
                 text.offsetX = 1;
              cursor.add(text);
           } // end if CHORD
           cursor.next();
        } // end while segment
     } // end for voice
  } // end for staff
  Qt.quit();

} // end onRun
}

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• Aug 3, 2024 - 18:24

Hi there! It's 2024 and I decided to Download this plugin. I have no idea if it is still supported, but as Musescore is my notation engine of choice, I would really like to use this plugin. I downloaded the 1.4 version and enabled it in my plugins folder, but it is not applying or running correctly for me. I have a Windows 10 Desktop and running the most recent version of Musescore Studio 4.3. Whenever I launch and try to apply the plugin to my time signature(s), it gives me "Run Plugin BigTime" as the of prompt. I click it and my software crashes.

If this comment reaches you, I am in need of some clarification. If I missed a step, or if there is anything wrong.

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• Aug 16, 2024 - 13:48

Hi there, I am aware the plugin sadly isn't compatible with MuseScore Studio 4. It is on my to do list to fix, but I am not actively using the plugin at the moment and so unfortunately it is not an immediate priority.

If anyone is interested I would welcome code contributions or for someone to fork and continue maintenance.

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• Aug 19, 2024 - 12:09

Try this, and tell us whether it works...
It should work in Mu3 and Mu4 (including 4.4), just 7 added and 4 changed lines:

$ diff -u BigTime.qml.orig BigTime.qml
--- BigTime.qml.orig    2024-08-19 13:14:00.849288600 +0200
+++ BigTime.qml 2024-08-19 13:09:01.597413800 +0200
@@ -14,14 +14,21 @@
 //  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 //  along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import QtQuick 2.0
+import QtQuick 2.9
 import MuseScore 3.0
 
 MuseScore {
        version: "1.4"
        description: "Large time signatures"
        menuPath: "Plugins.BigTime"
-
+
+        //4.4 title: "Big Time Signatures"
+       Component.onCompleted : {
+               if (mscoreMajorVersion >= 4 && mscoreMinorVersion <= 3) {
+                               title = "Big Time Signatures";
+               }
+       }
+
        onRun: {
 
                // -----------------------
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@
                // ------------------
 
                if (!curScore) {
-                       Qt.quit();
+                       (typeof(quit) === 'undefined' ? Qt.quit : quit)()
                }
 
                var cursor = curScore.newCursor(); // TODO: Is this necessary?
@@ -174,6 +181,6 @@
                        }
                }
 
-               Qt.quit();
+               (typeof(quit) === 'undefined' ? Qt.quit : quit)()
        }
 }
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