musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Note input productivity improvement

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Description

Your idea

Add a make current note longer option (when we are in note input mode).
This option could drastically improve productivity when entering notes with the computer keyboard.

Let's assume :

  • 8th note is selected
  • normal note input mode is selected
  • the shortcut l (small L, for "make note Longer") is assigned to this function

In this configuration, typing "l" would lengthen the current note by one 8th

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if 16th note is selected, then typing "l" would lenghten by a 16th note :
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Problem to be solved

Note input on the keyboard is not very efficient.

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Research direction

Start by locating the note input mode and keyboard shortcut handling for MuseScore's desktop application. Verify how the selected note value is represented and how changing a note's duration is currently performed; done means the proposed shortcut lengthens the current note by the selected note value in normal note input mode.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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