Arrows
I've been transcribing the 42 Kreutzer etudes (for violin), however recently I stumbled upon a problem at etude 42:
In the sheet music there is this arrow with a box (Picture 1). I haven't figured out how to do that on MuseScore 4. I haven't even managed to figure out any sort of workaround. From what I know it's not possible to add pictures to a score and I haven't managed to find the arrow with a box as text either. I tried looking through the whole Master Palette, but I didn't see any symbol or anything else, that matched it.
To be honest, I'm not even quite sure what the arrow with a box is called. If somebody could let me know, that would be a good start.
I've got exactly the same problem with a different arrow (Picture 2)
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Comments
You can add images. Here is the handbook article for Musescore version 3. https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/images It works the same on Version 4 but the article has not yet been added to the version 4 handbook.
But first look in the Special Characters palette (see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/entering-and-editing-text#special-c…). What you need may be there already.
In reply to You can add images. Here is… by SteveBlower
Thanks for your help.
Using pictures is a viable workaround, however it isn't perfect, as the whites in the background don't quite match up for me (Picture 2) (I could change that in a fotoeditor, but that take a while and is a lot more complicated). Furthermore, the arrow is a little pixilated if I zoom in. (a very minor problem, but I would still prefer to avoid it)
I hadn't thought about the special characters. However, when searching for the arrow in the special characters, I stumbled upon a new problem: some of the boxes are blank (Picture 1).
In case you have an idea, as to what the problem might be, I gave a more detailed description here:
https://musescore.org/en/node/351851
In reply to Thanks for your help. Using… by danielwump
You could use a picture in SVG format. That can have a transparent background and, as it is a vector format, should avoid the pixilation.
In reply to You could use a picture in… by SteveBlower
Thank you very much. That works very well. I even just found out, that I can then drag the arrow to a custom palette, and now I can basically use it completely normally. Furthermore, I've got no problems with pixelation.
In reply to Thank you very much. That… by danielwump
If this is a recognised symbol, you could see if it can be included in the SMUFL specification (if it is not already). See https://www.smufl.org/ It might then be included in one of the Musescore, inbuilt fonts and be accessible from the special characters pallet.