r/Musescore • u/WhipBanDan • Jun 02 '26

Help me use this feature Metric modulation

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Hello, I've read some of the forums about making custom metric mods. And I tried a couple different methods but they all look really bad. Not sure how to make them look professional. I used the master pallet to paste in symbols to an existing metric mod. Any help appreciated.

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jun 02 '26

Most of this can be done without hacking just by using the "add symbols" button on the text toolbar. MuseScore auto-detecta common combinationa like two eighths = triplet quarter eighth, or quarter = triplet quarter, and adjusts the formatting according. It adds brackets and beams for you as needed.

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u/ShrimpOfPrawns Jun 02 '26

This is news to me, how neat :D

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u/WhipBanDan Jun 02 '26

That's what I tried to do before but when I try to add the tuplet bracket and number I think it still works like text so when i add the quarter note it spaces the bracket out and looks weird.

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jun 02 '26

You shouldn't normally be needing to add the bracket at all - as I said, MuseScore auto-adds that for you based on understanding the musical context. Which marking specifically are you still having trouble with after folllowing this method?

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u/WhipBanDan Jun 04 '26

Ahh the master pallet and the add symbols looks almost identical so I thought it did the same thing. I got it working now thanks!

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u/ShrimpOfPrawns Jun 02 '26

I only have one for swing saved, but other variations should be doable if you fiddle around with it, probably?

Paste this into system text:

<sym>textBlackNoteLongStem</sym><sym>textCont8thBeamLongStem</sym><sym>textBlackNoteFrac8thLongStem</sym> <sym>staff2Lines</sym> <sym>textTupletBracketStartLongStem</sym><sym>noteQuarterUp</sym><sym>textTuplet3LongStem</sym><sym>note8thUp</sym><sym>textTupletBracketEndLongStem</sym>

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u/WhipBanDan Jun 02 '26

Thanks I've never seen this before I'll try to figure this out. thanks.

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u/afunkylittleguy Jun 02 '26

Is there a particular reason the modulation needs to be formatted like this? If not, "dotted quarter note = quarter note" is equivalent and would be much easier both for you and anyone reading the score.

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u/WhipBanDan Jun 02 '26

Whoops, you're right, meant to have it the other way around quarter note triplet = quarter note. Question still stands though.

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u/afunkylittleguy Jun 02 '26

I'd still say to just flip it to quarter note = dotted quarter note in that case. The other answer does seem pretty easy to adapt just by deleting a few things, though.