How to move notes right or left (Musescore 4) using cut and paste
I've seen this posted for previous versions where the answer given was to cut (CTRL X), insert a rest and then paste (CTRL V) but I can't get this to work.
e.g. I have a whole note triad chord entered at the beginning of the bar/measure and I want it half a beat in.
This is my sequence of key strokes:
I select the triad using CTLR click and hit CTRL X. The triad disappears replaced by a highlighted whole bar rest. I press 5 and the rest becomes two quarter note and one half note rests. The first quarted note rest is highlighted. I press 4. It turns into two eighth note rests. I select the second eighth note rest and press CTRL V. Nothing happens.
What am I missing?
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What you describe works in exactly the same way! For me anyway, and for everyone else too :-) ...
At least on Windows.
In reply to What you describe works in… by HildeK
Very cryptic. Are you saying it can't be done?
In reply to Very cryptic. Are you saying… by ricobasso
In reply to [inline:CtrlX_CtrlV.gif] by HildeK
It can be done in that way!
In reply to It can be done in that way! by HildeK
The OP is talking about a whole note triad:
" I have a whole note triad chord entered at the beginning of the bar/measure and I want it half a beat in."
I think that the desired effect is:
![Triad_cut_and_paste.png]( "Triad_cut_and_paste.png")
In reply to The OP is talking about a… by DanielR
In my opinion, it doesn't matter which note durations you cut out and paste back in an eighth note later. It works always ...
In reply to In my opinion, it doesn't… by HildeK
"... it doesn't matter which note durations you cut out and paste back in an eighth note later. It works always ..."
You are correct about the cut-and-paste part. It's the Selection method which is not obvious.
For the method of Selection, he duration does matter if the chord spans the entire measure. Try it and see.
That must be why the Handbook says "Measure does not support the addition/removal method.".
For a full-measure chord the correct way is to Range Select the entire measure:
1. Hold down the Shift key, then click one note of the chord
2. Then cut-and-paste as normal
In reply to Sorry, but the duration does… by DanielR
Of course, Range Select is the correct method - not List Select. If you have a chord that consists of e.g. quarter notes, a list selection of one note is not possible in order to shift it by an eighth note rest. Then you need voice 2.
In reply to Of course, Range Select is… by HildeK
I understand and I've tried it. It works but there's a complication.
I am scoring guitar music with (a linked staff for tab) and two voices. The top voice 1 for the fingers/chords and the bottom voice 2 for the bass line/thumb, and...
here's the catch: I don't want to change the bass line timing. See the two bars in the attached file.
How do I limit range selection to just the top voice?
In reply to I understand and I've tried… by ricobasso
Like this?
ACPG_01SHift Exp.mscz
You only have to deselect voice 2 in the selection filter for this action. This means that the bass line is not selected and you can perform this action as described.
In reply to The OP is talking about a… by DanielR
correct
In reply to [inline:CtrlX_CtrlV.gif] by HildeK
Yes but see my additiona about only including voice 1 in a range selection.
I found it in this section of the handbook "Excluding elements from a Range Selection" following a link from DanielR
thanks all
"I select the triad using CTLR click and hit CTRL X . What am I missing?"
For me, Ctrl+R is the Reset command, not a Select command.
I recommend that you have a look at this "Selecting elements" section in the Handbook, and in your specific case "Different ways of selecting notes in a chord " :
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/selecting-elements#Different_ways_o…
[EDIT]
Sorry, my poor eyesight misread your typo of CTLR as Ctrl R. Macular degeneration is horribly confusing!
I can't make your keystroke sequence work in Mu3 or Mu4.
Maybe the clue is in the phrase "Measure does not support the addition/removal method" in this Handbook section for both Mu3 and Mu4:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/selecting-elements#select-list-manu…
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/selecting-elements#select-list-manu…
In reply to "I select the triad using… by DanielR
Where does (s)he talk about Ctrl+R?
In reply to Where does (s)he talk about… by HildeK
Where does (s)he talk about Ctrl+R?
See my apology in the [EDIT] of my post above! ;-)