musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Ability to assign tuplets to another voice
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Description
Your idea
It'd be great if assigning tuplet notes to different voices were possible and worked just like assigning any other sorts of notes to other voices.
Problem to be solved
If I add triplet 1/4 notes to a measure (e.g. use Ctrl+3 on a half note rest before assigning pitches), currently I can't select just those notes (or even the whole measure) and use Ctrl+Alt+2 to assign to voice 2. This works fine with any non-tuplet note durations. Exchange voices can be used but that only works measure-by-measure (regardless of what's selected), and I may have notes in v2 I don't want moved into v1.
Prior art
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Additional context
Alternatively the command should be renamed "use voice 1 for non-tuplet notes except in note-entry mode", or at least the manual should be updated to explain that the command is only designed for non-tuplet notes when not in note-entry mode. In note-entry mode the command works for tuplets (i.e. allows entering tuplets into a particular voice).
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported behavior with triplet quarter notes created using Ctrl+3, then try selecting only those notes and assigning them to voice 2 with Ctrl+Alt+2. Compare this with non-tuplet notes, Exchange Voices, and tuplets entered directly in note-entry mode. Done means selected tuplet notes can be assigned to another voice without moving unrelated notes, or the command’s limitation is documented.
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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