Changing sixteenth notes into eight issue
I am trying to change my score. At present one of my measures has an eighth note tied to two sixteenth notes, then two more eighth notes. When I delete the sixteenth note don't wan, it adds a sixteenth rest rather than making the remaining sixteenth note an eighth note. What I want are 4 eight notes. I've tried everything I can think of. Is there as way to do this without deleting the entire measure then adding in a measure with what I want?
Thank hyou
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Why do you assume that deleting a sixteenth note would turn the remaining note into an eighth note? MuseScore can't read your mind. Deleting this note could be completely voluntary and the desired action, why not.
Don't delete, but modify the note value: select the sixteenth note, then the eighth note symbol in the toolbar, or type "4" on the numeric keypad. If you need to modify the pitch of the remaining note, type the name of the note you want.
In reply to Why do you assume that… by cadiz1
Thank you but. I get what your saying. I tired your suggestion, and it doesn't work. It just made another 8th a 16th instead, and again when I try to get rid of the one 16th I don't want It puts a 16th in it's place. I'll just rewrite the measure as there is no other easy way to do this that I can find
Thank you
In reply to Thank you but. I get what… by risamorris1
"At present one of my measures has an eighth note tied to two sixteenth notes, then two more eighth notes."
To make sure there's no confusion anywhere, could you please attach an image of the measure just before the desired change.
And then, when you write, " I try to get rid of the one 16th I don't want ", which one you don't want : the first or the second ? (you don't say)
In reply to Thank you but. I get what… by risamorris1
When a 1/16 note is followed by something, you don’t need (actually you can’t) replace/remove that something first to be able to change your 1/16 note into 1/8
Just directly change the 1/16 note into 1/8 (select it and press 4).
In reply to When a 1/16 note is followed… by frfancha
Yes, that's what I wrote in my first reply... so now I'd rather be sure of the starting situation by asking for an image.
I have the following (as you described). The score is not in any of the note entry modes.
I select the first of the two 16th notes ...
... and simply press the 4 key (keyboard shortcut for eighth notes) and get this:
It's important to be aware that if I had selected the second of the 16th notes selected ...
... then pressing the 4 key would do this instead.
A) Realizing this can help you understand what's happening, and B) you might want to explicitly use this concept in other situations.
The best way to learn this stuff is to create a test score and just play with it. Try this and try that and just see what happens. A half hour or an hour in such a pursuit will teach you volumes of how MuS works. An hour or two just reading through the MuseScore 4 Handbook is also a good thing to do. You won't specifically learn it all, but you'll know what's in the MuseScore 4 Handbook and be better able to find answers to your own questions (and other people's :-).