Changing Tempo -- Why is this so difficult????
How do you change the tempo in MuseScore application? Why is this a question that even needs to be asked? Why can't I simply click the tempo and change it?? Did the designers not think the tempo would ever need to be changed? That's something unfathomable? I've been searching through every menu in this application for the past 15 minutes and am about to pull my hair out. I am dumbfounded at how difficult it is to do what should be a fairly elementary task in this application. PLEASE FIX THIS.
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You have to drag the playback toolbar out of its docking, and more options will appear, amongst which a slider for tempo. Yep. It's absurdly obscure.
In reply to You have to drag the… by Nicola Rulli
Thank you so much!
Or spend a few minutes in the manual. Pretty simple, really.
In reply to Or spend a few minutes in… by bobjp
"Or spend a few minutes in the manual."
If only it were that simple... Here is a link to the Handbook page:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/playback-controls
And the key sentence is this:
Undock the toolbar to reveal the Playback Panel for additional controls. See "Playback position and monitoring tempo" section.
In reply to "Or spend a few minutes in… by DanielR
It can be simple.....but. A little time must be invested in getting to know how the manual works. Which then makes that section easy to find.
Also sidenote:
https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/17595
In reply to Also sidenote: https:/… by oMrSmith
Very glad to see this! I hope it gets implemented
In reply to Also sidenote: https:/… by oMrSmith
Oh wait, do I undertand the github issue correctly ? There is no way to access the play panel and its tempo control by keyboard (F11 or anything else) in MuseScore 4??
I'm a MuseScore 3 user so I don't know 4.
In reply to Oh wait, do I undertand the… by frfancha
Toolbars and panels can be accessed by keyboard - F6 and Tab function to navigate the interface.
In reply to Toolbars and panels can be… by Marc Sabatella
Oh ok thanks. So it's F6 instead of F11?
It's under the palette labeled "Tempo". Get used to using the palettes. Go ahead and add all palettes too.
To be clear: that's not your score; that's the toolbar. To change the tempo of your score, edit the actual tempo marking on the score itself - normally present above the first measure. Or if there isn't one, add one from the palette. The toolbar override is just for temporary practice purposes and doesn't actual change your score's tempo at all.
In reply to To be clear: that's not your… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for the clarification, I was able to get the score tempo set on one piece and it changed the toolbar tempo to match, but after trying this again on a different piece it didn't, leading to my questioning of where this is done. Good to know
In reply to Thank you for the… by niryncro
The toolbar should always show the current tempo - the tempo at the position of the playback cursor (remember, tempo can change many times through the course of a piece). It even updates during ritardando and accelerando. If you have a score where the toolbar does not seem to be displaying the correct tempo for the current playback position, please attach it and give precise steps to reproduce the problem (eg, which measure to start playback on where the toolbar doesn't show it correctly).
In reply to The toolbar should always… by Marc Sabatella
Oh that's a good point, I might have had my cursor selection further in the piece when I set the score tempo. I'll try to recreate the issue with this in mind and see if its an error between chair and keyboard. Thanks again, really good info
In reply to Oh that's a really good… by niryncro
... and to save keystrokes in future:
PEBKAC = "Problem exists between keyboard and chair"
;-)