Musescore 4 doesn't treat duplet notes correctly.
In 6/8 time, a duplet should take up half the measure (2 notes with the time of 3 notes); however, it is only taking up a 1/3 of the measure (2 notes with the time of 2 notes). Also, the beaming is all jacked up.
In this series of attachments, you can see the progress of trying to add 2 duplets to a 6/8 measure, which should use up the whole measure. When I try to add the second duplet, instead it adds one note to the previous duplet and closes out the duplet - not letting me add the second note.
I don't use duplet notes very often, so maybe I am doing it wrong.
Comments
You should understand that to create any "tuplet", including duplet you should start by selecting a note or rest with the same duration of the whole "tuplet". Thus to create a duplet that fills half a measure of 6/8 you must start by selecting a dotted quarter note (or rest) before pressing CTRL+2. You seem to have started by selecting an undotted quarter note.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/tuplets
and https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/tuplets (older version but working the same and this article provides more examples)
In reply to You should understand that… by SteveBlower
You are correct. I did start with an undotted quarter note. Your suggestions worked. Thanks
Just visiting this post because I'm having a similar problem.
The time signature is 9/8.
I'm trying to add two quarter notes per beat (first pic), but choosing dotted quarter and then entering "duplet", Musescore writes two eighth notes per dotted quarter beat (second pic)
What am I doing wrong?
In reply to Just visiting this post… by mahlonb
A duplet in 3/8. 6/8. 9/8 etc. more usually comprises 2 notes in the space of 3 rather than 2 in the space of 1.5. I know you're analysing a work, so If you want the "quarter note" appearance, just enter as eights and make the beam invisible.
In reply to A duplet here more usually… by underquark
I'd follow underquark's excellent suggestion. However if you really want actual quarter note duplets you could use the nested duplet technique https://musescore.org/en/node/333686
In reply to Just visiting this post… by mahlonb
Thanks to both of you. Yeah, now I've realized I was looking at a very old score and for whatever reason they did the two quarter notes. It was blinding me to the fact that it should really be two eighth notes because there are 9 eighth notes per measure, in groups of three each. Not quarter notes.
So, do you think that this measure in the original score was just a written mistake?
In reply to Thanks to both of you. Yeah,… by mahlonb
I wouldn't call it a "mistake". "2 :: 1.5" is not a totally invalid use of the tuplet convention. I suspect that it's more a convention that has changed, though I don't know the history, so I could be mistaken. *shrug*
In reply to I wouldn't call it a … by TheHutch
It is invalid as far as MuseScore is concerned.
In reply to It is invalid as far as… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh yeah! I meant to include a statement to that effect.
In reply to Thanks to both of you. Yeah,… by mahlonb
You could continue with the quarter note idea.
Even better if you hide the 4 and put in a 2.
Not sure how correct it all is.