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

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