Changing the beat

QuickScore Elite How To

How to change the beat

Getting Started Tutorials Manual MIDI and Audio

Changing the beat affects the way music is grouped. Unless you explicitly group notes together, the notes are grouped together by beat. For example, suppose you have six eighth notes in a 6/8 bar. If you choose quarter as the beat, notes will be grouped into three groups of two eighth notes each. If you choose dotted eighth as the beat, the notes in the bar will be grouped into two groups of three eighth notes each.

Note: Some combinations of beat and time signature are not allowed. The rule is the bar must be able to be broken into an integral number of beats. If you try to select a beat value that doesn't work with a given time signature, QuickScore Elite will not let you exit the Display Score dialog until you have selected a compatible beat value.

The beat can be changed on a bar-by-bar basis or for your entire score. Set the beat for the entire score by selecting Score from the Display menu and changing the Beat value. Set the beat starting at the current bar and continuing until the next change in beat by selecting Bar from the Display menu and changing the Beat value. The beat affects all tracks.

How To

Play, record and synchronize

Open, save and print files and create tracks

Setup

Set MIDI input and output

Set the metronome

Change the sound for a track

Set the names for your instrument's patches (or programs)

Change the play/mute/solo status of a track

Set MIDI thru for your system

Open, save and print files and create tracks

Enter a new track

Enter music

Enter notes with the mouse

Enter notes in step time

Enter a crescendo

Enter a key signature

Enter a time signature

Enter grace notes

Enter cue notes

Enter a chord symbol

Enter a tablature chord symbol

Enter a tied note

Enter a wave event

Enter a rehearsal mark

Enter track names

Enter different types of barlines

Enter drum tracks

Enter guitar tablature

Edit music

Change a note's pitch by semitones

Change the duration of a note

Change the enharmonic spelling of a note

Edit a crescendo

Insert empty space

Delete empty space

Copy sections of music

Transpose notes

Change note velocity

Format music

Space lyrics vertically

Create a pickup measure

Display quarter note triplets

Make sure notes display with their entered durations

Split a track onto a treble and bass clef

Put notes in a split track on either the treble or the bass staff

Create cross-staff beaming

Change the vertical position of tablature chords

Change how barlines are connected in a score

Set braces and brackets

Change fonts for titles, lyrics, text or symbols

Change the display of bar numbering

Change the display of page numbering

Set bars of rest

Change the beat

Change the quantization with which music is displayed

Transpose the display of notes in a track

Change the way notes are grouped together

Change the number of bars per line

Change the number of staves per page

Change the way rests are displayed

Change the way ties are displayed

Change the direction of stems and beams

Display independent voices in a bar on the same staff

Change the display of drum notes

Play, record and synchronize

Record from another sequencer

Record with the MIDI mixer

Do punch recording

Record in step time

Record while tapping the beat

Synchronize with another sequencer as slave

Synchronize with another sequencer as master

Synchronize with a tape device

Audio

Create a Wave file

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Create an audio CD

Add your score to a video or file soundtrack

Publish your score on the web

Use VST instruments

Use VST effects

Use audio automation

Export an audio file using the Audio Mixer

Miscelaneous

Create a lead sheet

Create and print score paper

Select a sound bank on a GS Standard instrument

Check whether notes are within an instrument's range

See what events are in your tracks

Add composer notes to your composition

Create a score template

Load a score template

Create a new patch list