how to get rid of stray codas

reggoboy

• Aug 13, 2023 - 02:03

Hello everyone,

If you go here:

https://musescore.com/user/34876540/scores/8292377

you can find a Musescore document:

Sweet_Georgia_Brown_lead_sheet_STRAY CODAS.mscz

which, when I open it in MS:

OS: macOS 13.4, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.1.1-232071203, revision: e4d1ddf

it displays a pair of stray codas:

Screenshot 2023-08-12 at 8.59.55 PM.png

I can't seem to select them to get rid of them. Even select-all doesn't include them.

Why are they there and how do I get rid of them? This is not the first time I've gotten stray characters outside the boundaries from something I've downloaded. Sometimes they manage to go away if I delete enough measures. But obviously that is not a feasible solution.

Thanks in advance!

Comments

underquark

• Aug 13, 2023 - 02:30

Sometimes when you download a score it just hasn't been created the way that you want. I can't see those rogue markings, but I can see that where they wanted to jump to a coda they have just marked it as the Coda, and they have used Expression text to indicate the start of the actual Coda. They have then gone on to complicate matters further by adding in repeats.

HildeK

• Aug 13, 2023 - 08:19

Try the following:

"Select all similar" using right mouse button on a coda character, press Ctrl-R to reset their layout positions. In MuS 3.6.2 two more coda characters appeared.
and/or: select all, press Ctrl-R to reset the whole layout.

It's unclear to me how the sequence should be played. As far as I know, it is not possible to skip an area in the middle of the score with a coda jump.
How should the sequence be done then?

Jojo-Schmitz

• Aug 13, 2023 - 08:52

Or try continuous view

Jm6stringer

• Aug 13, 2023 - 09:23

You wrote:
I can't seem to select them to get rid of them.

I can see the stray codas off the page in MuseScore 4.1.1, but not in version 3.6.2.
To select them you can right click the Coda sign above the Bb7 chord symbol (measure 8) then Select > Similar then use menu item Format > Reset shapes and positions. (Strangely the Ctrl+R shortcut fails.)

--OR--
If that doesn't work, put the score in Continuous view (horizontal) and the stray codas that were off the page now become selectable (above measure 10) in either Version MuS 3 or MuS 4:

In any event, the entire roadmap of codas and repeats should be re-worked for correct playback.

reggoboy

• Aug 13, 2023 - 16:01

Thank you all!

Select Similar + Command-R (Macintosh) did bring the stray codas back onto the page, at which point I could select those 2 for deletion. Perfect.
Continuous view - Horizontal also enabled deletion
As far as playback and structure, I don't like it at all, and have redone it. I have removed the repeat at the end and the 2 endings because the form should not repeat as a whole. I also removed all the codas and the DC. I simply put a repeat in the middle and used 1st and 2nd ending brackets to show where it diverges. Seems 10x more intuitive. But anyway, this is off topic ;-)