musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Time signature change and beaming

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Description

Your idea
  1. 6/4 - I set beaming to pairs of eights:
    Screenshot 2024-11-25 090306
  2. Time signature is changed to 4/4.
  3. Back to 6/4 - beaming ist default again:
    Screenshot 2024-11-25 090333

My request: a possibility to set a beaming of a particular time signature (in this case 6/4) as global setting for the whole score.
It should be used every time this time signature is in use.

Problem to be solved

No need to adjust beaming every time the time signature is changed.

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Research direction

Start from the issue's 6/4 to 4/4 to 6/4 reproduction and define how a score-wide beaming preference for a time signature should persist and apply. Done means that configured beaming for 6/4 is reused wherever 6/4 appears, without readjustment after changing signatures.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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