complex polyrhythm (7:5)
I am writing a snare drum solo in Musescore 3.0.3, and i need a way to notate 7 notes in the space of 5 8th notes. I'm having trouble finding the feature in the program.
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Unfortunately, for tuplets in cases like these, where 5 8th notes can't be condensed into a single rest, Musescore gets a bit convoluted. What you'll want to do is create a new measure of 5/8, select the "whole note" of rest in the measure, and press ctrl + 7. This will create your 7-let. You can copy this tuplet and paste it into wherever it needs to be in context of the music. If you mean you want one hand playing 7 while the other plays 5, you can make the 7-let voice two, and enter five eighth notes in voice one.
In reply to Unfortunately, for tuplets… by osubuki02
In the requested feature, you could conceivably select a group of rests, say, five eighth notes, until a box forms around them as usual. Then click Add > Tuplets > Septuplet. The thing is to add that capability to the selection routine. Git er done!
In reply to In the requested feature,… by [DELETED] 29378932
That would be again a workaround.
What is really needed is a direct way to specify a "free" length when creating tuplets, or at minimum a free fraction such as 5/8 in this case.
In reply to That would be again a… by frfancha
That's not a workaround since the capability I described does not exist in Musescore. It would be a new feature.
In reply to Unfortunately, for tuplets… by osubuki02
osubuki02, thank you for this great workaround!! much appreciated. Rock on.