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Known limitations of MuseScore 2.x

    While all members of the development team did their best to make the software easy to use and bug-free, there are some known issues and limitations in MuseScore 2.x.

    Local time signatures

    The local time signature feature, which allows you to have different time signatures in different staves at the same time, is very limited. You can only add a local time signature to measures that are empty, and only if there are no linked parts. When adding notes to measures with local time signatures, you can enter notes normally via note input mode, but copy and paste does not work correctly and may lead to corruption or even crashes. The join and split commands are disabled for measures with local time signatures.

    Regroup Rhythms

    The Regroup Rhythms command found under the Layout menu may have unintended side effects, including changing the spelling of pitches and deleting some elements like articulations, glissandos, tremolos, grace notes and, esp. on undo, ties. Use this tool with caution on limited selections, so that you can tell if any unwanted changes are made.

    Tablature staff linked with standard staff

    When entering multiple-note chords on a standard staff in a linked staff/tablature system, the notes should be entered in order from the top (first) string to the bottom string to ensure correct fret assignment.

    This limitation does not apply if entering notes directly onto a tablature staff, or when using an unlinked staff/tablature system.

    Mixer

    Changing settings in the mixer other than the sound doesn't mark the score 'dirty'. That means if you close a score you may not get the warning "Save changes to the score before closing?". Changing mixer values are also not undoable.

    There is no way to edit Header and Footer in a WYSIWYG manner. The fields in Style → General → Header, Footer, Numbers are plain text. They can contain "HTML like" syntax, but the text style, layout, etc. can't be edited with a WYSIWYG editor.

    Pikanäppäimet

      Most keyboard shortcuts can be customized via the menu: select Edit→Preferences...→Shortcuts (Mac: MuseScore→Preferences...→Shortcuts). Below is a list of some of the initial shortcut settings.

      Navigation

      Beginning of score: Home
      Last page of score: End
      Find (measure number, rehearsal mark, or pXX when XX is a page number): Ctrl+F (Mac: Cmd+F)

      Next score: Ctrl+Tab
      Previous score: Shift+Ctrl+Tab

      Zoom in: Ctrl++ (doesn't work on some systems) (Mac: Cmd++) or Ctrl (Mac: Cmd) + scroll up
      Zoom out: Ctrl+- (Mac: Cmd+-) or Ctrl (Mac: Cmd) + scroll down

      Next page: Pg Dn or Shift + scroll down
      Previous page: Pg Up or Shift + scroll up

      Next measure: Ctrl+→ (Mac: Cmd+→)
      Previous measure: Ctrl+← (Mac: Cmd+←)

      Next note: →
      Previous note: ←

      Note below (within a chord or on lower staff): Alt+↓
      Note above (within a chord or on higher staff): Alt+↑

      Top note in chord: Ctrl+Alt+↑ (Ubuntu uses this shortcut for Workspaces instead)
      Bottom note in chord: Ctrl+Alt+↓ (Ubuntu uses this shortcut for Workspaces instead)

      Note input

      Begin note input mode: N
      Leave note input mode: N or Esc

      Duration

      1 ... 9 selects a duration. See also Note input.

      Half duration of previous note: Q
      Double duration of previous note: W
      Decrease duration by a dot (for example, a dotted quarter note/crotchet becomes a quarter note/crotchet and a quarter note/crotchet becomes a dotted eighth note/quaver), available as of version 2.1: Shift+Q
      Increase duration by a dot (for example an eighth note/quaver becomes a dotted eighth note/quaver and a dotted eighth note/quaver becomes a quarter note/crotchet), available as of version 2.1: Shift+W

      Voices

      To select a voice in note input mode.

      Voice 1: Ctrl+Alt+1 (Mac: Cmd+Option+1)
      Voice 2: Ctrl+Alt+2 (Mac: Cmd+Option+2)
      Voice 3: Ctrl+Alt+3 (Mac: Cmd+Option+3)
      Voice 4: Ctrl+Alt+4 (Mac: Cmd+Option+4)

      Pitch

      Pitches can be entered by their letter name (A-G), or via MIDI keyboard. See Note input for full details.

      Repeat previous note or chord: R (the repeat can be of a different note value by selecting duration beforehand)

      Repeat selection: R (The selection will be repeated from the first note position after the end of the selection)

      Raise pitch by octave: Ctrl+↑ (Mac: Cmd+↑)
      Lower pitch by octave: Ctrl+↓ (Mac: Cmd+↓)

      Raise pitch by semi-tone (prefer sharp): ↑
      Lower pitch by semi-tone (prefer flat): ↓
      Raise pitch diatonically: Alt+Shift+↑
      Lower pitch diatonically: Alt+Shift+↓

      Cycle up through enharmonic spellings: J
      Cycle down through enharmonic spellings: Shift+J
      Cycle through spellings in concert pitch only or transposed only: Ctrl+J (Mac: Cmd+J)

      Rest: 0 (zero)

      Interval

      Add interval above current note: Alt+[Number]

      Layout

      Flip direction (stem, slur, tie, tuplet bracket, etc.): X
      Mirror note head: Shift+X
      Increase stretch of measure(s): }
      Decrease stretch of measure(s): {
      Line break on selected barline: Return
      Page break on selected barline: Ctrl+Return (Mac: Cmd+Return)
      Adjust space between staves (within a system), for the entire score: Shift+ drag

      Articulations

      Staccato: Shift+S
      Tenuto: Shift+N
      Sforzato (accent): Shift+V
      Marcato: Shift+O
      Grace note (acciaccatura): /
      Crescendo: <
      Decrescendo: >

      Text entry

      Staff text: Ctrl+T (Mac:Cmd+T)
      System text: Ctrl+Shift+T (Mac: Cmd+Shift+T)
      Tempo text: Alt+T
      Rehearsal Mark: Ctrl+M (Mac: Cmd+M)

      Lyrics entry

      Enter lyrics on a note: Ctrl+L (Mac: Cmd+L)
      Previous lyric syllable: Shift+Space
      Next lyric syllable: if the current and the next syllables are separated by a '-': -, else Space
      Move lyric syllable left by 0.1sp: ←
      Move lyric syllable right by 0.1sp: →
      Move lyric syllable left by 1sp: Ctrl+← (Mac: Cmd+←)
      Move lyric syllable right by 1sp: Ctrl+→ (Mac: Cmd+→)
      Move lyric syllable left by 0.01sp: Alt+←
      Move lyric syllable right by 0.01sp: Alt+→

      Up to previous stanza: Ctrl+↑ (Mac: Cmd+↑)
      Down to next stanza: Ctrl+↓ (Mac: Cmd+↓)

      For more lyric shortcuts, see Lyrics.

      Display

      Navigator: F12 (Mac: fn+F12)
      Play Panel: F11 (Mac: fn+F11)
      Mixer: F10 (Mac: fn+F10)
      Palette: F9 (Mac: fn+F9)
      Inspector: F8 (Mac: fn+F8)
      Piano Keyboard: P
      Selection filter: F6
      Display full screen: Ctrl+U

      Miscellaneous

      Toggle visibility on selected element(s): V
      Show Instruments dialog: I
      Toggle multi-measure rests on or off: M

      See also

      Command line options

        You can launch MuseScore from the command line by typing

        • mscore [options] [filename] (Mac and Linux)
        • MuseScore.exe [options] [filename] (Windows)

        [options] and [filename] are optional. For this to work the MuseScore executable must be in %PATH% (Windows) resp. $PATH (Mac and Linux). If it is not, see Revert to factory settings for detailed instructions on how and where to find and execute the MuseScore executable from the command line on the various supported platforms.

        The following options are available

        -?, -h, --help
        Display help (doesn't work on Windows)
        -v, --version
        Displays MuseScore's current version in the command line without starting the graphical interface (doesn't work on Windows)
        --long-version
        Displays MuseScore's current version and revision in the command line without starting the graphical interface (doesn't work on Windows)
        -d, --debug
        Starts MuseScore in debug mode
        -L, --layout-debug
        Starts MuseScore in layout debug mode
        -s, --no-synthesizer
        Disables the integrated software synthesizer
        -m, --no-midi
        Disables MIDI input
        -a, --use-audio <driver>
        Use audio driver: jack, alsa, pulse, portaudio
        -n, --new-score
        Starts with the new score wizard regardless of preference setting for start mode
        -I, --dump-midi-in
        Displays all MIDI input on the console
        -O, --dump-midi-out
        Displays all MIDI output on the console
        -o, --export-to <filename>
        Exports the currently opened file to the specified <filename>. The file type depends on the filename extension. This option switches to the "converter" mode and avoids any graphical interface. You can also add a filename before the -o if you want to import and export files from the command line. For example mscore -o "My Score.pdf" "My Score.mscz"
        -r, --image-resolution <dpi>
        Determines the output resolution for the output to PNG images in the converter mode. The default resolution is taken from Preferences, Export, PNG/SVG.
        -T, --trim-image <margin>
        Trims exported PNG and SVG images to remove surrounding whitespace around the score. The specified number of pixels of whitespace will be added as a margin; use 0 for a tightly cropped image. For SVG, this option works only with single-page scores.
        -x, --gui-scaling <factor>
        Scales the score display and other GUI elements by the specified factor, for use with high resolution displays.
        -D, --monitor-resolution <dpi>
        Specify monitor resolution, for use with high resolution displays (as of version 2.1).
        -S, --style <style>
        Loads a style file; useful when you convert with the -o option
        -p, --plugin <name>
        Execute the named plugin
        --template-mode
        Save template mode, no page size
        -F, --factory-settings
        Use only the standard built-in presets or "factory-settings" and delete preferences. For details, see Palauta tehdasasetuksiin
        -R, --revert-settings
        Use only the standard built-in presets or "factory-settings", but do not delete preferences
        -i, --load-icons
        Load icons from the file system. Useful if you want to edit the MuseScore icons and preview the changes
        -j, --job <filename>
        Process a conversion job (as of version 2.1)
        -e, --experimental
        Enable experimental features. See e.g. Layer (experimental)
        -c, --config-folder <pathname>
        Set config path
        -t, --test-mode
        Enable test mode
        -M, --midi-operations <filename>
        Specify MIDI import operations file; See this example file: midi_import_options.xml
        -w, --no-webview
        No web view in Start Center
        -P, --export-score-parts
        Used with -o <filename>.pdf, export score and parts
        --no-fallback-font
        Don't use Bravura as fallback musical font
        -f, --force
        Used with -o, ignore warnings reg. score being corrupted or from wrong version (as of version 2.1)
        -b, --bitrate <bitrate>
        Used with -o <filename>.mp3, sets bitrate in kbps (as of version 2.1)
        -E, --install-extension <extension file>
        Install an extension, load soundfont as default unless if -e is passed too (as of version 2.3)

        Qt Toolkit Options

        -style= <style>
        -style <style>
        Determines the style of the GUI application. Possible values are "motif", "windows" and "platinum". Depending on the platform other styles may be available
        -stylesheet= <stylesheet>
        -stylesheet <stylesheet>
        Sets the application stylesheet. The value of "stylesheet" is a path to a file that contains the stylesheet
        -platform <platformname[:options]>
        Specifies the Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) plugin.
        Example: MuseScore.exe -platform windows:fontengine=freetype

        See also

        Sanasto

        Sanasto on työn alla—auta, jos suinkin voit. Voit keskustella tästä sivusta dokumentaatiofoorumissa.

        Alla oleva lista on sanasto sekä usein esiintyvistä termeistä että niiden merkityksistä MuseScoressa.

        Acciaccatura
        Lyhyt →etuhelenuotti.
        Etumerkki
        sävellajiaan korottavan tai alentavan nuotin edessä oleva merkki. Tavallisimmat etumerkit ovat →korotusmerkit, →flats tai →palautusmerkit, mutta kaksoisylennyksiä ja -alennuksia käytetään myös. Accidentals affect all notes on the same →staff position only for the remainder of the measure in which they occur, but they can be canceled by another accidental. In notes tied across a →barline, the accidental continues across the →barline to the tied note, but not to later untied notes on the same →staff position in that measure.
        Nousutahti
        Katso →Pickup Measure.
        Ankkuri
        The point of attachment to the score of objects such as Text and Lines: When the object is dragged, the anchor appears as small brown circle connected to the object by a dotted line. Depending on the object selected, its anchor may be attached to either (a) a note (e.g. fingering), (b) a staff line (e.g. staff text), or (c) a barline (e.g. repeats).
        Appoggiatura
        Pitkä →etuhelenuotti.
        Nuottiviiva
        Vaakasuora viiva, joka menee läpi →viivaston, viivastojen tai koko →systeemin, joka erottaa →tahdit.
        Palkki
        Nuotit, jotka ovat aika-arvoltaan →kahdeksasosanuotteja tai pienempiä, sisältävät →vään tai palkin. Palkkeja käytetään nuottien ryhmittämiseen.
        BPM
        Iskuja/lyöntejä minuutissa (beats per minute) on tempon yksikkö. katso →Metronome mark
        Breve
        Brevis
        kaksoiskokonuotti tai breve on nuotti, joka on aika-arvoltaan kaksi kokonuottia.
        Sentti
        Mikrointervalli, joka vastaa tasavireisen puoliaskelen sadasosaa.
        Sointu
        Kuten yleisesti ymmärretään, sointu on kahden tai useamman sävelen samanaikaisesti muodostama ääni. Kuitenkin, MuseScoressa sointu on myös tekninen termi, jolla viitataan kaikkiin nuottiin, jotka ovat tietyssä kohtaa viivastolla. Käytännön syistä, soinnun saat painamalla Vaihtonäppäintä ja klikkaamalla nuottia viivastolla (ja sisältää klikkaamasi nuotin aika-arvon). Täten, jopa vain yksi sävel voi olla "sointu."
        Nuottiavain
        Symboli →nuottiviivaston. Sitä käytetään ilmaisemaan, mitkä nuotit ovat nuottiviivojen päällä __ ja __välissä __.
        On olemassa kaksi F-avainta, neljä C-avainta ja kaksi G-avainta: F third, __F         fourth, C first, C second, C third, C fourth, G first, G second (known as treble clef too).
        G first and F fourth are equivalent.
        Clefs are very useful for →transposition.
        Concert Pitch
        Enables you to switch between concert pitch and transposing pitch (see Concert pitch and Transposition).
        Demisemiquaver (BE)
        1/32-nuotti.
        Duoli
        Katso →Poikkeusjako.
        Muokkaustila
        Tila, josta voit muokata partituurin eri osia eli elementtejä.
        Kahdeksasosanuotti
        Nuotti, jonka aika-arvo on kahdeksasosa kokonuotista (semibreve).
        Endings
        See →Volta.
        Enharmoniset nuotit
        Nuotit, joilla on sama sävelkorkeus, mutta eri kirjoitusasu. Esimerkiksi: G# ja Ab ovat enharmonisia nuotteja.
        Väkä
        Katso →Palkki.
        Alennusmerkki
        Merkki, joka kertoo, että nuotin sävelkorkeutta pitää alentaa puolisävelaskeleen verran.
        Etuhelenuotti
        Pieni sävel tai säveljoukko, joka sijaitsee normaalin kokoisen pääsävelen edessä. Lyhyen etuheleen eli (→acciaccaturan) varrella on poikkiviiva; pitkällä etuheleellä, (→appoggiaturalla) poikkiviivaa ei ole.
        Grand Staff (AE)
        Great Stave (BE)
        A system of two or more staves, featuring treble and bass clefs, used to notate music for keyboard instruments and the harp.
        Puolinuotti
        A note whose duration is half of a whole note (semibreve). Same as British →minim.
        Hemidemisemiquaver (BE)
        A sixty-fourth note.
        Intervalli
        The difference in pitch between two notes, expressed in terms of the scale degree (e.g. major second, minor third, perfect fifth etc.). See Degree (Music) (Wikipedia).
        Hyppy
        In MuseScore, "jumps" are notations such as D.S. al Coda, found in the Repeats and Jumps palette.
        Sävellaji
        Set of →sharps or →flats at the beginning of the →staves. It gives an idea about the tonality and avoids repeating those signs all along the →staff.
        A key signature with B flat means F major or D minor tonality.
        Koron
        An Iranian →accidental which lowers the pitch of a note by a quarter tone (in comparison to the →flat which lowers a note by a semitone). It is possible to use this accidental in a →key signature.
        See also →Sori.
        Longa
        Longa (lat. 'pitkä') on nelinkertainen kokonuotti.
        Apuviiva
        Viiva tai viivat, jotka lisätään viivaston ylä- tai alapuolelle.
        Tahti (AE)
        A segment of time defined by a given number of beats. Dividing music into bars provides regular reference points to pinpoint locations within a piece of music.
        Metronome mark
        Metronome marks are usually given by a note length equaling a certain playback speed in →BPM. In MuseScore, metronome marks are used in tempo texts.
        Minim (BE)
        A minim is the British term for a half note. It has half the duration of a whole note (→semibreve).
        Palautusmerkki
        Palautusmerkki kumoaa voimassa olevan ylennyksen tai alennuksen tahdin loppuun asti.
        Normaalitila
        The operating mode of MuseScore outside note input mode or edit mode: press Esc to enter it. In Normal mode you can navigate through the score, select and move elements, adjust Inspector properties, and alter the pitches of existing notes.
        Nuotinsyöttötila
        Tila, jota käytetään nuottikirjoitukseen.
        Käyttöjärjestelmä
        OS
        Underlying set of programs which set up a computer, enabling additional programs (such as MuseScore). Popular OSes are Microsoft Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux.
        Not to be confused with a sheet music →System.
        Stemma
        Music to be played or sung by one or a group of musicians using the same instrument. In a string quartet, 1st part = Violin 1, 2nd part = Violin 2, 3rd part = Viola, 4th part = Cello, in a choir there might be parts for soprano, alto, tenor and bass. A part has one or more →staves (e.g. Piano has 2 staves, Organ can have 2 or 3 staves).
        Kohotahti (→Anacrusis, →Upbeat)
        Sävellyksen tai musiikkikappaleen osan ensimmäinen vajaa tahti.
        Katso myös Luo uusi partituuri: Tahtiosoitus... and Measure operations: Exclude from measure count.
        Quaver (BE)
        The British quaver is what is called an →eighth note in American English. It has an eighth the duration of a whole note.
        Quadruplet
        See →Tuplet.
        Neljäsosanuotti
        Sävel, jonka aika-arvo on neljäsosa kokonuotista (semibreve).
        Quintuplet
        See →Tuplet.
        Respell Pitches
        Tries to guess the right accidentals for the whole score (see Accidentals).
        Tauko
        Tiettyyn aika-arvoon määritetty äänetön hetki.
        Re-pitch mode
        Allows you to rewrite an existing passage of music by changing the note pitches without altering the rhythm.
        Semibreve (BE)
        A semibreve is the British term for a whole note. It lasts a whole measure in 4/4 time.
        Semiquaver (BE)
        A sixteenth note.
        Semihemidemisemiquaver (Quasihemidemisemiquaver) (BE)
        Sadaskahdeskymmeneskahdeksasosanuotti (tai vain 1/128-nuotti).
        Sekstoli
        Katso →Poikkeusjako.
        Korotusmerkki
        Sign that indicates that the pitch of a note has to be raised one semitone.
        Slur
        A curved line over or under two or more notes, meaning that the notes will be played smooth and connected (legato).
        See also →Tie.
        Sori
        An Iranian →accidental which raises the pitch of a note by a quarter tone (in comparison to the sharp which raises it by a semitone). It is possible to use this accidental in a →key signature.
        See also →Koron.
        Spatium (plural: Spatia)
        Space
        Staff Space
        sp (abbr./unit)
        The distance between two lines of a normal 5-line staff. In MuseScore this unit influences most size settings. See also Page settings.
        Staff (AE)
        Stave (BE)
        Group of one to five horizontal lines used to lay on musical signs. In ancient music notation (before 11th century) the staff/stave may have any number of lines (the plural of 'staff' is 'staves', in BE and AE).
        Step-time input
        MuseScore's default note input mode, allowing you to enter music notation one note (or rest) at a time.
        Systeemi
        Sarja samanaikaisesti luettavia viivastoja partituurissa.
        Katso myös →Käyttöjärjestelmä (OS).
        Tie

        A curved line between two or more notes on the same pitch to indicate a single note of combined duration:

        • Quarter note + Tie + Quarter note = Half note
        • Quarter note + Tie + Eighth note = Dotted Quarter note
        • Quarter note + Tie + Eighth note + Tie + 16th note = Double Dotted Quarter note

        See also →Slur.

        Transposition

        The act of moving the pitches of one or more notes up or down by a constant interval. There may be several reasons for transposing a piece, for example:

        1. The tune is too low or too high for a singer. In this case the whole orchestra will have to be transposed as well—easily done using MuseScore.
        2. The part is written for a particular instrument but needs to be played by a different one.
        3. The score is written for an orchestra and you want to hear what the individual instruments sound like. This requires changing the transposing instrument parts to concert pitch.
        4. A darker or a more brilliant sound is desired.
        Trioli
        Katso →Poikkeusjako.
        Poikkeusjako
        A tuplet divides its next higher note value by a number of notes other than given by the time signature. For example a →triplet divides the next higher note value into three parts, rather than two. Tuplets may be: →triplets, →duplets, →quintuplets, and other.
        Nousutahti
        Katso →Kohotahti.
        Velocity
        The velocity property of a note controls how loudly the note is played. This usage of the term comes from MIDI synthesizers. On a keyboard instrument, it is the speed with which a key is pressed that controls its volume. The usual scale for velocity is 0 (silent) to 127 (maximum).
        Ääni
        Polyphonic instruments like Keyboards, Violins, or Drums need to write notes or chords of different duration at the same time on the same →staff. To write such things each horizontal succession of notes or chords has to be written on the staff independently. In MuseScore you can have up to 4 voices per staff. Not to be confused with vocalists, singing voices like soprano, alto, tenor and bass, which are better viewed as instruments.
        Volta
        In a repeated section of music, it is common for the last few measures of the section to differ. Markings called voltas are used to indicate how the section is to be ended each time. These markings are often referred to simply as →endings.

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