This was SORT OF helpful. I was already aware that the Style "Score" page let you [a] set swing on or off for the whole piece and [b] determine what notes would be swung (1/8 or 1/16) and what the swing ratio would be (for the jazz pieces I usually do, 67% is a good default. What I hoped to learn was [a] how to set swing on/or off for specific sections of a piece and [b] the best may to make swing markings visible on the score. The one thing I learned from this video was that there is a swing option in the text PALETTE (vs the Add | Text option), which is helpful for turning swing ON. (And it completely addresses my need for the piece I'm currently working on, where there's a not-swung verse followed by a swung chorus.) But for a piece where a NOT-swung portion followed some swung notes, I'm still not sure how to do that. Seeing other comments from years back asking the same thing, to which there were no replies, I guess that either Musescore 3 doesn't have that capability or you don't know how to do it either.
One question: once you notate "swing" above some notes, how do you stop the playback from swinging other notes? I have a piece I'm working on where I want just one section of eighth notes to be swung, not the rest of them, but it just swings all of them.
For those who want to put swing just in a specific point and turn it off you just have to put a staff text where you want it to begin, and press the text with your right click and press properties for the stave text, then activate the swing, and for turn it off, do the same actions but deactivate the option "Swing". That easy. I was looking for that soluton too on this video but I could´t find it.
Hi there: First,thank you for solve the swing issue. I'd also want to ask you about dynamics : Regards to velocity on each note,there's some kind of velocity editor ? Thank you in advance.
From the place you don't want swing you put the "swing" command (as it shows in the video) but then you click in that word with the right mouse and you pick in text system's properties (or something similar, mine is in portuguese...) and in swing definitions you choose "off"... Maybe there's another way... For me it works! You can edit the word "swing" to "no swing" or what you want... Sorry for my english...
Great tutorial! However, I have a problem. Ive imported a .MID file and the swing is being interpreted as a triplet: quarternote and eighth note. Is there a way i can globally re-write this rhythm for the whole score? If I have to do it manually I'll be here a week. Your help much appreciated 🙂
I’m using the latest version of Musescore on my new Mac with OS10.15.7 and I followed this video but still couldn’t turn off swing mid-score. I am writing for full concert band. In the video you mentioned two ways to delete swing but only demonstrated one way, by simply deleting the word swing from the score. That didn’t work. Other videos suggested turning off swing in: format/style/swing settings but that didn’t work either. Can you help?
Thank you for your question. It took me a bit to figure out, but I think the best way to turn swing off on the middle of the score is to actually ADD a swing element to where you want it to end. Then right click on the swing element that you added (the one halfway through the piece) and click on "System Text Properties". The click on "Swing Settings" and once there, you can either turn swing off, or enter 0% for the swing ratio. That should make the swing not play during playback. In order to hide the word "swing", select the text, go to "View", then "Inspector", then on the right hand side there should be "Element" and "Visible". Simply unclick the box for "Visible" and it should hide the swing text. I hope this helps!
@@musicianstartup Hello! I'm sorry for the delay in saying thank-you for your response. Your time and thought was appreciated, however I was in the middle of an important composition and your suggestions didn't work so I moved on, and in my haste, I forgot to say 'Thank-you'. Note forgivable. However, I have run into the same problem again. I'm arranging "Linus and Lucy" which has a swing section in the middle as you might well remember. Anyway, turning on the swing setting at the right moment is easy, however, turning it off again is seemingly not an option. Grrrr. Turning off the swing setting doesn't change it (even after rewinding) andI can't set the swing ratio to zero, (only to 50%) as well. I am currently still using Musescore 3 because I am in the middle of several projects and don't have the time to learn MS4, but in this case, is there a solution to this problem in MS4?
This is driving me crazy. Somehow I turned on swing toward the end of a piece and made "swing" invisible. And now I can't find it to turn it off. I have the score marked "no swing" but that section still sings no matter what I do.
Go to the "Text" tab, select more and drag and drop "Straight" into the score just like you would drag in "Swing". I see you posted this a little while ago and I'm hoping you've already figured it out, but maybe someone else here needs help with the same thing.
Thank you for your question. It took me a bit to figure out, but I think the best way to turn swing off on the middle of the score is to actually ADD a swing element to where you want it to end. Then right click on the swing element that you added (the one halfway through the piece) and click on "System Text Properties". The click on "Swing Settings" and once there, you can either turn swing off, or enter 0% for the swing ratio. That should make the swing not play during playback. In order to hide the word "swing", select the text, go to "View", then "Inspector", then on the right hand side there should be "Element" and "Visible". Simply unclick the box for "Visible" and it should hide the swing text. Let me know if I am on the right track, I hope this helps!
no matter what I do, my playback WILL NOT swing. tried this method exactly several times. Tried numerous instructions in many forums. Tried re-arranging the whole piece to do quavers & semi q's, just refuses to swing in the playback. No matter what I do, it only plays straight. This is infuriating. The smallest tasks in this program takes hours if not days of research to figure out. But at least it's not sibelius.
Thank you for watching, let me know if you have any questions on how to make your MuseScore compositions swing!
Thank god for this channel! All the other musescore videos on RUclips are outdated
I am glad you found this MuseScore tutorial helpful!
Thank you! This makes transcribing jazz solos so much easier. I just used to use triplets but they were so annoying.
This was SORT OF helpful. I was already aware that the Style "Score" page let you [a] set swing on or off for the whole piece and [b] determine what notes would be swung (1/8 or 1/16) and what the swing ratio would be (for the jazz pieces I usually do, 67% is a good default. What I hoped to learn was [a] how to set swing on/or off for specific sections of a piece and [b] the best may to make swing markings visible on the score. The one thing I learned from this video was that there is a swing option in the text PALETTE (vs the Add | Text option), which is helpful for turning swing ON. (And it completely addresses my need for the piece I'm currently working on, where there's a not-swung verse followed by a swung chorus.) But for a piece where a NOT-swung portion followed some swung notes, I'm still not sure how to do that. Seeing other comments from years back asking the same thing, to which there were no replies, I guess that either Musescore 3 doesn't have that capability or you don't know how to do it either.
One question: once you notate "swing" above some notes, how do you stop the playback from swinging other notes? I have a piece I'm working on where I want just one section of eighth notes to be swung, not the rest of them, but it just swings all of them.
I want swing eighths from mm. 1-4, then straight eighths from m. 5 on. How do I do it?
For those who want to put swing just in a specific point and turn it off you just have to put a staff text where you want it to begin, and press the text with your right click and press properties for the stave text, then activate the swing, and for turn it off, do the same actions but deactivate the option "Swing". That easy. I was looking for that soluton too on this video but I could´t find it.
Very helpful, thank you for your time recording this. Dave
Hi there: First,thank you for solve the swing issue.
I'd also want to ask you about dynamics :
Regards to velocity on each note,there's some kind
of velocity editor ? Thank you in advance.
How do you make only a section swing?
you can also add text to make it straight again
From the place you don't want swing you put the "swing" command (as it shows in the video) but then you click in that word with the right mouse and you pick in text system's properties (or something similar, mine is in portuguese...) and in swing definitions you choose "off"... Maybe there's another way... For me it works! You can edit the word "swing" to "no swing" or what you want... Sorry for my english...
Thanks. Excellent channel.
how do i lose the swing halfway through the piece? i want the first half to be swung and the 2nd half to be straight
Yea I also have this question
@@Content_Created_ yeah, I still haven’t found a solution
Its my question too...
you can add text to make it straight again
Thank you!! 🙌
Great tutorial! However, I have a problem. Ive imported a .MID file and the swing is being interpreted as a triplet: quarternote and eighth note. Is there a way i can globally re-write this rhythm for the whole score? If I have to do it manually I'll be here a week. Your help much appreciated 🙂
So helpful. thank you
I’m using the latest version of Musescore on my new Mac with OS10.15.7 and I followed this video but still couldn’t turn off swing mid-score. I am writing for full concert band. In the video you mentioned two ways to delete swing but only demonstrated one way, by simply deleting the word swing from the score. That didn’t work. Other videos suggested turning off swing in: format/style/swing settings but that didn’t work either. Can you help?
Thank you for your question. It took me a bit to figure out, but I think the best way to turn swing off on the middle of the score is to actually ADD a swing element to where you want it to end. Then right click on the swing element that you added (the one halfway through the piece) and click on "System Text Properties". The click on "Swing Settings" and once there, you can either turn swing off, or enter 0% for the swing ratio.
That should make the swing not play during playback. In order to hide the word "swing", select the text, go to "View", then "Inspector", then on the right hand side there should be "Element" and "Visible". Simply unclick the box for "Visible" and it should hide the swing text.
I hope this helps!
@@musicianstartup Hello! I'm sorry for the delay in saying thank-you for your response. Your time and thought was appreciated, however I was in the middle of an important composition and your suggestions didn't work so I moved on, and in my haste, I forgot to say 'Thank-you'. Note forgivable. However, I have run into the same problem again. I'm arranging "Linus and Lucy" which has a swing section in the middle as you might well remember. Anyway, turning on the swing setting at the right moment is easy, however, turning it off again is seemingly not an option. Grrrr. Turning off the swing setting doesn't change it (even after rewinding) andI can't set the swing ratio to zero, (only to 50%) as well. I am currently still using Musescore 3 because I am in the middle of several projects and don't have the time to learn MS4, but in this case, is there a solution to this problem in MS4?
Thanks man
This is driving me crazy. Somehow I turned on swing toward the end of a piece and made "swing" invisible. And now I can't find it to turn it off. I have the score marked "no swing" but that section still sings no matter what I do.
Go to the "Text" tab, select more and drag and drop "Straight" into the score just like you would drag in "Swing". I see you posted this a little while ago and I'm hoping you've already figured it out, but maybe someone else here needs help with the same thing.
@@bashrodriguez3790 Thank you soooo much! What a lifesaver
For some reason, the swing does not stop, even when I turn it off and rewind. I have musescore 3.
thank you!!
Thank's!!!
Nice video it was very helpfull
Thank you! I am glad you found this MuseScore walkthrough helpful!
How do you add swing to one section of the piece but not the whole thing.
Thank you for your question. It took me a bit to figure out, but I think the best way to turn swing off on the middle of the score is to actually ADD a swing element to where you want it to end. Then right click on the swing element that you added (the one halfway through the piece) and click on "System Text Properties". The click on "Swing Settings" and once there, you can either turn swing off, or enter 0% for the swing ratio.
That should make the swing not play during playback. In order to hide the word "swing", select the text, go to "View", then "Inspector", then on the right hand side there should be "Element" and "Visible". Simply unclick the box for "Visible" and it should hide the swing text.
Let me know if I am on the right track, I hope this helps!
@@musicianstartup Its a lot to take in but I'll give it a shot. Thanks.
@@musicianstartup it does seem that to get some things in musescore to work is to trick it into working.
no matter what I do, my playback WILL NOT swing. tried this method exactly several times. Tried numerous instructions in many forums. Tried re-arranging the whole piece to do quavers & semi q's, just refuses to swing in the playback. No matter what I do, it only plays straight. This is infuriating. The smallest tasks in this program takes hours if not days of research to figure out. But at least it's not sibelius.
Did you ever figure it out? Having the same problem here
@@declandougan7243 Nope.
I doesn't work for me either :(
It doesn't work for me :( :( :(
hOW DO YOU GET JUST A FEW NOTES TO SWING AND NOT THE ENTIRE PIECE
it did not work and made the rest of the entire piece swing after the swing marking lol