Swing playback on Musescore

[Jody Stecher]

Calling the Musescore experts who helped me recently!   I'm preparing a banjo arrangement of an Irish hornpipe. I've written the score in straight time because dotted playback is just wrong. But I know there is a way to create swing time playback. I stumbled on it a few years ago. There was even a way to adjust the amount of swing. But I can't understand the directions in the online handbook. 

Can anyone help?

The tune is the Plains of Boyle transposed from D to C in an arrangement influenced by the Gael Linn  recording by piper Willie Clancy. 

Thanks in advance.

[Trapdoor2]

I don't usually use the "swing" feature...but here's how to do it:

Select the first measure of where you want swing to begin (like, um, measure 1?).

Open the "Tempo" palette and click on "Swing". This will place the word "Swing" above the selected measure. Click away from the staff as usual to clear any highlighting, etc.

Now you can play it back. Mine immediately swung. Sounds odd to me.

To alter the Swing, right click on the word Swing above your staff.

When you right click on "Swing", a box will appear with "System Text Properties" as one of the available selections. Click on that. Now you should have a box that allows you to modify a couple of Swing parameters.

Of course, things may be different on your Mac!

[Trapdoor2]

Ok, here's the mp3...

Trapdoor2 said:

I don't usually use the "swing" feature...but here's how to do it:

[Jody Stecher]

It worked!  Thank you, once again.  At a ratio of 60, whatever that means my version sounds pretty good.

Trapdoor2 said:

I don't usually use the "swing" feature...but here's how to do it:

Select the first measure of where you want swing to begin (like, um, measure 1?).

Open the "Tempo" palette and click on "Swing". This will place the word "Swing" above the selected measure. Click away from the staff as usual to clear any highlighting, etc.

Now you can play it back. Mine immediately swung. Sounds odd to me.

To alter the Swing, right click on the word Swing above your staff.

When you right click on "Swing", a box will appear with "System Text Properties" as one of the available selections. Click on that. Now you should have a box that allows you to modify a couple of Swing parameters.

Of course, things may be different on your Mac!

[Jody Stecher]

Right, this sounds wrong. But the version being treated is nothing to write home about. (Not your fault!... just a generic version from The Session I think). That's one reason I'm doing these banjo arrangements. I'm offering a few pre-dumbed-down hornpipes, jigs, and reels which sit well on the banjo and sound good in a banjo voice.
Trapdoor2 said:

Ok, here's the mp3...

Trapdoor2 said:

I don't usually use the "swing" feature...but here's how to do it:

[Trapdoor2]

Yes, I just picked a random setting from The Session...because none of the associated conversation mentioned your particular setting.

I found it amusing that there were several references to the title "Boyle Airport" (The Planes of Boyle). ;-)

[Jody Stecher]

My setting wouldn't be there as it is still evolving so it has never been heard before . It has elements of different existing versions, of my imagination, and of 5-string banjo things.

The Planes of Boyle!  Good one. One mishearing I encountered presumed it was about terribly hot weather on flat ground:  The Plains A-boil.

Trapdoor2 said:

Yes, I just picked a random setting from The Session...because none of the associated conversation mentioned your particular setting.

I found it amusing that there were several references to the title "Boyle Airport" (The Planes of Boyle). ;-)