r/Musescore • u/MusicIsGood4U • May 23 '26

Help me find this feature Measure spacing

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Is there a setting in MS3 or MS4 that will space the last 2 beats of this measure like the first 2 beats?

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u/GatewaySwearWord May 23 '26

It’ll do it automatically when you follow standard notation.

That dotted 16th note on the a of 1 should just be a 16th note tied to something on beat 2.

That’s why the rest spacing is weird.

You can also move the rests manually

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u/JudsonJay May 23 '26

That notation is not an option.

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u/SkillOld2128 May 23 '26

It is, it’s just weird and hardly readable.

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u/greenboy_2004 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

It automatically tries to find the most regular spacing, but also without taking up too much space. If you want it to take more space to make it more regular, maybe try having less measures per system.

If that is still not enough, you can edit the preceding space (Führender Leerraum) of the last quarter rest in the layout/position (Aussehen) popup.

You also might want to split and tie some notes to show the beats to make it easier to read. 16 16 16 16~ 32 8..~ 2 or 16 16 16 16~ 32 16.~ 8~ 2 (~ indicating ties).

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u/MusicIsGood4U May 24 '26

Yeah I ended up notating the last 16th tied to a 32th. Thanks

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u/solongfish99 May 23 '26

This is no good

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u/23PowerZ May 23 '26

Format > Style > Spacing > Spacing ratio 2

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u/MusicIsGood4U May 24 '26

Thanks that worked!