Up or down when entering notes?

• Sep 2, 2024 - 05:37

How does Musescore decide whether or not to go UP or DOWN in pitch when entering a notes via the keyboard?

Sometimes when I enter a note, the subsequent note goes up in pitch, other times it goes down in pitch. It seem to depend on where the note is in the staff.

How do I force it to go in the direction different than what the default appears to be?

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• Sep 2, 2024 - 06:37

MuseScore selects the nearest one and there is no way to change that before entering the note.
Changing -after- is just one key stroke though, so it is ok I think.
Example : you need to enter C followed by F below.
MuseScore will select the F above, as it is nearer C, but you can set it one octave below easily :
C F CTRL+DownArrow

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