Repeating in the middle of the measure
I'm notating a gavotte, in which each phrase begins with a half-measure pickup. The repeats in gavottes also generally happen in the middle of the measure. (See, for example, this excerpt from the Gavotte of Prokofiev's "Classical" Symphony:)
In my score, I want an end-start repeat barline in the middle of measure 10. I've tried two ways to achieve this. First, dragging the appropriate barline into the middle of the measure. This works visually, but the repeat is not honored during playback. Second, temporarily changing the time signature from 4/4 to 2/4 for two measures, dragging the repeat barline between the two 2/2 measures, and making the time signature changes invisible. This works both visually and aurally, but it messes with the measure numbering, so that measure 10 appears to be followed by measure 12 (which it is, sort of, but the whole point is to make the 4 beats surrounding the repeat sign appear to be a single measure, and this destroys the illusion).
Is there a way either to (1) make playback honor a repeat in the middle of a measure, or (2) fiddle with the measure numbering so that the extra 2/2 measure doesn't contribute to the cumulative measure count?
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Split the measure, similar to what you did in your 2nd scenario and exclude one of the measures from measure count, see https://musescore.org/en/node/36106#split-join and https://musescore.org/en/node/36106#properties
In reply to Split the measure, similar to by Jojo-Schmitz
Regarding this link:
https://musescore.org/en/node/36106#split-join
Is the image illustrating the 'Join' function correct?
It shows a highlighted (blue) slur, together with a selected measure, for a flute part written on a small staff.
I, for one, don't get it.
Regards.
In reply to Regarding this by Jm6stringer
Looks wrong to me too
In reply to Split the measure, similar to by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, that solved the problem. I do think the documentation for split/join measure could be clearer, because I looked at it and didn't think it would solve my problem. I also had trouble finding the edit measure properties dialog, because I expected it to be accessible via the main menu.
May I ask a followup question? It appears that "D.C. al Coda" in the last measure of a repeated section overrides the repeat. Is there a way to make the repeat happen before the Da Capo is taken? I've attached a simple test case that demonstrates the issue.
In reply to Thanks, that solved the by ghicks
This is a known bug - see #52511: Musescore 2.0 resolves DC al coda before repeat bars.
In reply to This is a known bug - see by Marc Sabatella
Yikes!
Time for supper... I'm outta here!
In reply to Thanks, that solved the by ghicks
Jumps from within repeats are an ongoing, known issue. The current status is that if you need to hear correct playback, copy/paste the section into additional measures.
Also, see:
https://musescore.org/en/node/52511#comment-245526
Regards.
You can also, instead of changing the time signature and then making it invisible, right-click the measure, go to "measure properties," and change the "actual measure duration" so that it will be shorter or longer without needing a time change.