Copy and paste bars including the barlines
When I copy and paste notes the paste assumes I want them in the bars of the receiving music. I have carefully constructed music in XML, constructed by a program from the text of the Old Testament and if I paste a bit of it, I want it to retain the implied stress of the plainsong.
Is there a way to paste or copy with the whole rather than just a sequence of notes? E.g. to combine in Musescore the two attached files.
Thanks.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| DEUTERONOMY-011-028.XML | 19.08 KB |
| DEUTERONOMY-011-027.XML | 11.65 KB |
Comments
Something like in the attachment? Use the features of MuseScore:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/album
or
https://musescore.org/en/node/46576
In reply to Something like in the by Shoichi
Thanks for pointing out the album feature. It might prove useful.
Combine score seems redundant with create album and doesn't quite do what I want, besides getting the combination in reverse order on my first try. It treats the scores as too separate. I really want them combined but without losing the barring of the second score.
The problem is with copy and paste. It loses the barring. It would be nice if it could keep the barring of the source copy. Much like Word allows merging or keeping the source format on a paste.
In reply to Thanks for pointing out the by Bob MacDonald1
What do you mean the scores in an album are "too separate"? Once joined it is one combined score, just like any other. Perhaps you are referring to the section break that is placed between them? You can simply delete that.
In reply to What do you mean the scores by Marc Sabatella
I merged the scores. Then I was asked to save the album and I didn't do this. I picked both the files in one selection and they came in in one order but were saved in the opposite order.
Yes I agree that the separations can be removed.
This is a work-around for the lack of bars in copy/paste notes. Musescore is a great product though and I am grateful for it.
In reply to I merged the scores. Then I by Bob MacDonald1
Well, here it isn't really a workaround, you have scores that you want to combine, this is exactly what the Album feature has been made for.
In reply to I merged the scores. Then I by Bob MacDonald1
If you can find and post a precise set of steps to folowo that will result in files being combined int he wrong order, we can look into it. But as it is, since the Album feature seems to work fine for everyone else and we've never had a report like this, I think the more natural assumption is that you accidentally put them in the wrong order yourself.
Having an option for copy/paste to preserve the time signatures (including "actual" time signatures, which is I assume what you are dealing with) in the source selection would be a useful enhancement I agree. It's only rarely what one would want so it shouldn't be the default, but in the cases where it is, it could save a little time for sure.
In reply to If you can find and post a by Marc Sabatella
Thanks again
Yes - it would be useful - a 'copy bars' rather than 'copy notes and lyrics'. I would use this frequently.
In reply to If you can find and post a by Marc Sabatella
put the two sample scores in a directory
click file-album
add score
pick the two files
they show in the order give
press join scores
save as test
open test
the scores are not in the same order as shown in the album list
I added the two files in the image to the album as shown. The resulting joined score is in reverse order as shown in the picture.
I save as test album and was not able to load that album. The join score and album seem to be two different concepts on the same modal form.
In reply to put the two sample scores in by Bob MacDonald1
I can't reproduce this problem. Are you sure the scores themselves are not backwards? Or perhaps you are trying to load a previously-saved version of the combined score leftover from the first time when you inadvertently had them in the wrong order? Can you post those specific scores? Again, it seems to work fine every time for me and for everyone else, so *something* must be going on here beyond what it appears at first.
And what do you mean you are "not able" to load the album? How are you trying to laod it, and what goes wrong when you try? The "Load" button in that dialog should allow you to select the album and load it. The album is just the list, it is not the joined score. Think of it as being like a "playlist". So if you were trying to load the album as if it were a score - via File / Open - that indeed won't work.
In reply to put the two sample scores in by Bob MacDonald1
@Bob MacDonald1 (excuse me for the poor language),
when you use Album (in analogy with Edit / Instruments) you can shift the scores up or down.
If in the album tab I choose the option "Join Scores" can load and save it as *.mscz (attached 1)
Remember to enter from the Palette a Page Break if required (attached 2). Buona musica!