toggle for reverse order pitch/duration value note input
I'd like to see a toggle so notes are not entered via midi keyboard until a duration is chosen each time. For instance, I could play an F on the midi keyboard; no note would be entered until I type 5 for quarter note. This is how speedy note works in Finale, which is nice for me while trying different things on the keyboard, but not wanting notes to be entered. I like the way MuseScore has it now, but would like to have a toggle to use the method I've mentioned at other times. Would this be difficult to implement?
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You may be interested to know that you can double or half the duration of a note you just entered using Q or W in the upcoming version 0.9.6. For more information see New features in MuseScore 0.9.6 , "User Interface", "Ease of Use".
Yes! I want this feature in Musescore. I often copy music INTO a notation program like Musescore. All of the other platforms (Finale, Dorico etc. ) now allow pitch before duration. Why can't I play C on my midi keyboard and while holding it, decide what note duration to give it. This is SUPER FAST when copying a piece of music into the program. Am I missing something? Can Musescore do this and I am unaware?
In reply to Yes! I want this feature in… by pfmusician@net…
Have a look at https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/alternative-note-input-methods . When I am copying music, I enter the rhythms first using the numeric key pad, then play the pitches in with the midi keyboard. I think you’ll find this method as fast or even slightly faster than what you describe. The secret is to do it in short chunks, i.e. just a few bars at a time, otherwise it is easy to get a bit lost - for me, anyway.
It is very common to want to write passages were there is a long run of notes with the same duration but different pitches. Generally, I would expect that pitch changes more often than duration. How does "pitch then duration" mode work with that? It seems to me that it would involve selecting pitch and duration for each note, whereas with Musescore's default "duration then pitch" mode the duration is "sticky" and you only need to change it when you want a note of a different duration to the previous one. For example to enter a C major scale of quarter notes you would enter 5CDEFGABC rather than C5D5E5F5G5A5B5C5 which I think would be needed for pitch followed by duration - or have I misunderstood how that mode would work?