Critical Issues with Time Signature Changes
A piece I am writing has a large number of time signature changes. There are two major issues I am coming across when trying to notate this piece.
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When I try to add a new time signature somewhere in the middle of the piece (because I skip around when adding more content to each movement), the software immediately crashes. Somehow, a measure became "corrupted" (It reminds me of this every time I open up the file), and I believe this may have something to do with the problem. I have tried getting around this by adding a particular number of measures, highlighting them, and adding the time signature. For example, when trying to change from 2/4 to 5/8, I add 5 measures before the next time signature change, highlight them, and then change it to 5/8 so that an even number of measures consummate. This is not only cumbersome, but leads to a second issue:
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More and more measures are corrupting each time I reopen the file after it crashes. This is displayed in the screenshot below. The music in the screenshot has been in the file for a very long time, many months. But all of a sudden this happens. It is supposed to be perpetual eighth notes.
I am using Musescore 4.0.1 and run on Windows 11
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Comments
Yes, your score is corrupt, and that definitely leads to problems including crashes. Your first priority needs to be fixing the corruption. It's a little complicated at the moment becuase 4.0.1 doens't current report 8where* the corrupt is, but 4.02 will, it seems. meanwhile you can export to MusicXML and use MuseScore 3 to tell you more info.