Create an ossia?
Submitted by Aldaril on August 9, 2009 - 5:54pm.
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Hello.
I don't find in the manual the way to create an ossia. How can I do it?
Thank you.
MuseScore
Free music composition & notation software
Ossias aren't really supported. I suppose you could add an extra staff for the ossia and make all the measures invisible apart from the ossia passage.
Thank you for your kind answer.
I'll do what you suggest.
You should also experiment with Style > Edit Style and mark the box next to "Hide empty staves" That way it hides all the staves for the ossia part expect for the line that the ossia is on. That way you only have to mark a few measures as invisible rather than going through the whole piece one by one.
I happen to need ossias, too, to write ancient music which exists in many variations.
Trying your solution, I met the following:
1) When there is an ossia, the line that connects its staff (even if all other measures are hidden) does show its ugly face! Trying to make it disappear, it does so *completely*, i.e. from the whole system...
2) The left-most measure bar doesn't show, since it belongs to the preceding, hidden measure.
3) It was impossible to select a group of measures and then make them disappear; every time I select a group of measures (for example, when the ossia has to be on the very first system) and try to right-click with the mouse, the selection is reduced to the measure that happens to be under the mouse pointer at the moment of right-clicking. Very frustrating, I assure you...
Hosam Adeeb Nashed
Thank you very much!
I found your comment really useful and it worked perfectly for my needs.
Regards.