How to change the key in the middle of a bar (measure)
I've searched the handbook but couldn't find how to change the key signature within a score. Of course I know how to make it between two bars, but the piece I'm currently engraving, require the key to be changed in the middle of a bar, see attached picture.
How is this done?
NB, the time signature is 6/8.
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/key-signatures#add-key-sig which includes:
"Note: It is also possible, though uncommon, to add a key-signature mid measure by selecting a note then clicking a palette key signature, or dragging the key signature to a note."
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
Thanks. The old material I used was published by Belwin and Mills Publishing Corp. which I never heard about, but when I checked an even older Schlesinger (Berlin) publication, I see that they make the key change between two measures so I think I trust that solution better
Sorry, I read the old and difficult to read score incorrect4ly. In fact, they also change the key in the middle of the measure.
Also, what's written in the handbook, i.e.
"Note: It is also possible, though uncommon, to add a key-signature mid measure by selecting a note then clicking a palette key signature, or dragging the key signature to a note."
does not work.
It doesn't make a difference if you click a note, a rest or drag the key where you want it. It always jump to a beginning of a measure. Somewhere midway through a measure does not4 exist. For me as a software and signal processing engineer I would call the quantisation is only whole measures or am I wrong.
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
By the way, it's possible to make a "local" key change for one stave (Ctrl+drag) but its not possible to make a "global" change for all staves in a score.
In reply to By the way, it's possible to… by TomStrand
Well, you could add local key signatures to all the staves.
I am surprised that the handbook instructions don't work. It's a long time since I had to add a mid-bar key signature but I don't recall any problems. Tomorrow, when I get back to my PC I will try again.
One thought occurs to me, are you trying to add the key signature at a point where a note is sustaining in another stave? If so, you probably need to split the sustaining note and use a tie so that the key signature has somewhere to go that is not the middle of a note.
In reply to Well, you could add local… by SteveBlower
No, there is no sustained note. See details in the attached snapshot.
Split the bar. Tools / Measures / Split measures before selected note/rest
For more details, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/pickup-and-non-metered-measures