[AltoNoob]

Hi All,
I am trying to get some notes together in a music notation editing software, but they don't seem to add up. As a result, it won't let me enter them.
The score has a 4/4 time signature as attached, but the editing software won't let me input what is written.

Taking the articulations in to account, can someone tell me how many 8th/16th/32nd notes make up measure #70 ?
I'm wondering if I have to make this a 'custom' measure.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Noob.

 

[kreacher]

The time adds up to 4/4 to me. How did you enter the 3rds (don't know the english name)? Did you just add in the indication by hand after or you inserted them as a notation for 3 in 1 beat? Because sometimes you can add the "lettering" by hand, but the program will still view it has having the whole duration of the note. So 5/4 instead of the intended 4/4.

It could help knowing what software you're using.

 

[AltoNoob]

The time adds up to 4/4 to me. How did you enter the 3rds (don't know the english name)? Did you just add in the indication by hand after or you inserted them as a notation for 3 in 1 beat? Because sometimes you can add the "lettering" by hand, but the program will still view it has having the whole duration of the note. So 5/4 instead of the intended 4/4.

It could help knowing what software you're using.

Thankyou. Good to know at least the timing adds up.The software is Musescore 3.
I'm not manually adding the indication by hand. I'm using [CNTRL + 3] as the software recommends.

I'm obviously doing something wrong.

 

[bvhoyweg]

I did it, and it seemed straight forward. I'm not allowed to upload the file. If you send me a PM I can email it to you.

First I divided the measure in 4 quarter rests.
Then I selected the first quarter rest and typed ctrl+3, and I could fill in the triplet (Do not put anything on the first place to get the rest)
Same for the second triplet. (change note to quarter for the second position)

 

[AltoNoob]

I did it, and it seemed straight forward. I'm not allowed to upload the file. If you send me a PM I can email it to you.

First I divided the measure in 4 quarter rests.
Then I selected the first quarter rest and typed ctrl+3, and I could fill in the triplet (Do not put anything on the first place to get the rest)
Same for the second triplet. (change note to quarter for the second position)

Thankyou very much !! Ive got it now !!
My problem was that I was skipping the first rest on the second triplet, and starting from the second rest of the second triplet.

Thanks again,bvhoyweg.

I owe you a beer !

 

[sopsax]

Glad you got that sorted.

I've been using MuseScore 3 (version 3.4.2) for several months now, & while the price is right (gratis), it shares a common flaw of open source software. Cobbled together by many hands working semi-independently, it lacks a grand, unified vision of internally consistent functionality.

Random example: you can't go to one place to find all Measure operations. Depending on what you wanna do, you might need to right-click on a measure & make a choice, or drag something to it from a palette, or open an Inspector window, or locate a function in a sub-sub-menu, or look in some different menu altogether.

Some options hide in plain sight, under arbitrary or obscure names. Some tools address your notation's appearance, others address playability, but seldom can you find both kinds of tool in proximity. Documentation lags way behind the development curve. For every minute I spend writing actual music, I must waste three or four more hacking thru a rickety interface.

There's good news, however! MuseScore 3.5 has just been released, with many improvements. Chords entered by name (i.e. Eb7, Am) now play back in MIDI -- yay! -- with various choices of instrument voice or complexity of interpretation.

Behind the scenes, a savvy person called Tantacrul is driving the development of version 4, described as featuring a cleaner interface & more intuitive workflow. Version 4 should greatly improve playability, making MuseScore more useful to songwriters, arrangers, producers, etc., while still enabling fine control of a score's visual layout.