Playback at slow tempo

• Oct 21, 2024 - 08:23

Hello, I'm using MuseScore Studio version 4.4.2. etc. (lots more numbers). I have a Vivace section which I need to play back slowly so that I can check the notes by ear. I can't find the menu where I can set the playback speed at e.g. 50% of the tempo marking. Where is it, please?
(I've read through the Handbook, but the 'tempo' section in my palettes doesn't allow me to change the playback speed.)
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Comments

TheHutch

• Oct 21, 2024 - 20:24

For a temporary/one-time tempo change, use the Play Panel. In the upper right corner of the MuseScore window, you'll see the buttons to Play, Rewind, Loop, etc. Note that immediately left of the Rewind button is a button with six dots in a 2x3 grid. Click that "6-dots" button and drag it out of the toolbar. Once it is undocked, it has a few extra options, one of which is a slider bar that allows you to slow/speed the tempo by a percentage. This change is NOT saved with the file.

For a permanent tempo change, use the traditional Italian words or the metronome markings in the Tempo palette.

VCatmur

• Oct 22, 2024 - 05:33

Thank you, thank you!! I didn't realise that you could/should drag the '6-dots' button.

TheHutch

• Oct 23, 2024 - 02:19

That's a fairly common symbol. You might see 6 dots (in the 2x3 grid) or three dots in a vertical line or three dots in a triangle. They all (usually!!!) mean (something like) "Hey! There's something more here."

VCatmur

• Oct 23, 2024 - 06:24

Yes, I should have been more curious...
Thank again

Jojo-Schmitz

• Oct 23, 2024 - 08:35

I've never seen these 6 dots before anywhere else

TheHutch

• Oct 23, 2024 - 14:46

Three--in a vertical line or a triangle--is definitely more common, but I've seen six in one or two programs.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Oct 23, 2024 - 19:03

Three in a triangle I've never seen so far either.