How to add only one rest or note at the starting of the piece against the time signature without changing it in musescore?
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2Are you asking how to add an anacrusis? – ClickRick Mar 31 '21 at 06:57
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Does this answers your question: https://music.stackexchange.com/a/82601/63781 ? – user1079505 Mar 31 '21 at 07:34
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It's called an "anacrusis" or pickup measure.
1/ Easiest way is to add one when you start a new score, just tick the checkbox and add the value:
2/ Another way, e.g. if you already have created a score without a pickup measure, is to modify the first measure, by right clicking on it, then selecting "measure properties". There you can change the actual duration to 1 for example:
As was commented below, you should also tick the "Exclude from measure count" checkbox, since (as explained here: Should pickup measures have measure numbers?) pickup measures aren't considered measure 1.
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