Adding a pickup measure after the fact.
Using 3.6. In writing contrafact basslines for the theme to "So What," the famous Miles Davis tune, and then a set of walking-bass choruses, I now realize, having finished the 32-measure theme, the score needs a pickup measure; is there a way to insert one without starting over and redoing the whole thing correctly?,
Thank you!
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Go to Add>Insert measures>Insert at start of score. Then right click on the measure you have just inserted and in Measure properties adjust its Actual length the the length of the pick up measure you want. e.g. if you want a three eight note pick up adjust the Actual length to 3/8.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/pickup-and-non-metered-measures
In reply to Go to Add>Insert measures… by SteveBlower
OK, thank you - but will I be able to then adjust the measure numbers, as I don't want the pickup measure to count? This is the problem I've always had with an insert measure as a pickup, after the fact - the djinn in charge will always count the pickup as "1."
In reply to OK, thank you - but will I… by basstorius
There's a tick box in that dialog to count or not count the measure
In reply to OK, thank you - but will I… by basstorius
You wrote:
OK, thank you - but will I be able to then adjust the measure numbers, as I don't want the pickup measure to count?
Djinni notwithstanding, check out @SteveBlower's link posted above. It has your answer. You will see:
![answer.png]( "answer.png")
To open Measure Properties, see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/measure-properties#dialog
(TLDR ;-)
In reply to You wrote: OK, thank you -… by Jm6stringer
OK, thanks to all for the assistance.
In reply to You wrote: OK, thank you -… by Jm6stringer
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