Multi measure rests not working
Hi wanting to add multi measure rest bars but the score won't let me, I have tried selecting the bars then using the m key. I have also gone to Format style and ticked create multi measure bars, still know joy. I have attached the score if anyone can see what I'm doing wrong. I'm on a mac computer. Thanks in advance.
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You have changed the "minimum number of empty measures" (i.e. "8" instead the default "2") in Format/Style/Score : Create multimeasure rests.
After return to the default, you get: 1Ordner Seg (Jason).mscz
Selecting measures is irrelevant to toggling multimeasure rests, that is a score or part wide setting.
But having set the measures' proerties to "Break multimeastre rests" is what's causing this here (measure 2), also setting the minimum number to 8 (Format > Style > Score) isn't going to help
In reply to Selecting measures is… by Jojo-Schmitz
ive been having a problem with multi measures.
I got to format and tick the "make multimeausures" box, and set it to default 2. but then it doesnt work? I press m and it doesnt work either. i don't know what to do, as i have to turn this piece of music in, and i can't do it with 20+ rests sitting there
In reply to ive been having a problem… by Rifto
Score needed. Likely there's no empty measures
In reply to Score needed. Likely there's… by Jojo-Schmitz
Here it is
In reply to Here it is by Rifto
Multi-measure rests will show when you create the parts.
Here's the trumpet 1 part:
Katyusha v2-Bb_Trumpet_1.mscz
In the main score, other instruments are playing when the trumpet is silent, so multi-measure rests cannot consolidate the empty measures into a small space on the trumpet staff.
In reply to Multi-measure rests will… by Jm6stringer
so you mean i need to have everything as single parts so i can have them? With a master score on the side?
In reply to so you mean i need to have… by Rifto
A multi-measure rest can only be shown when the entire range of measures to combine is completely empty. This means for all instruments shown in that measure. So you can have them in the master score as well, if (and only if) all instruments are silent for more than one consecutive measure.
By creating parts, you can select which instruments are being part of the system; and as such which are taken into account when analyzing the measure for being empty.
In reply to A multi-measure rest can… by jeetee
nice but didnt anwer my question, im still confused
In reply to nice but didnt anwer my… by Rifto
I'm confused as to what you're confused about :-), but to be clear:
It makes no sense for multimeasures rests to appear in scores, because it's almost never the case that all instruments are resting at once (John Cage 4'33" excepted). So you shouldn't be expecting to see them in your score. However, when you run File / Parts to create parts from your score, you'll find the multimeasure rests are created automatically.
So, just focus on the music, MuseScore takes care of the multimeasure rests for you automatically when it becomes appropriate.
In reply to so you mean i need to have… by Rifto
Using multi-measure rests is really irrelevant for the full score, because there is almost always at least one instrument playing.
It's only when you look at individual instruments that you will find longer stretches of silence which are best represented by a multi-measure rest.
In reply to so you mean i need to have… by Rifto
You wrote:
so you mean i need to have everything as single parts...
Yes, but...
While a part can contain multi-measure rests, a part is not restricted to a single instrument. A part can contain more than one instrument. For example, a part can be comprised of all the instruments in the "horn section".
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/parts
and, to include more instruments in a part:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/parts
With a master score on the side?
Yes.
The master score contains all the instruments, so a multi-measure rest which consolidates 20 empty bars of one particular instrument into a two-inch wide space in the score cannot align with the staves above and below (for other instruments) which have 20 bars full of notes. These full bars may span the entire page, or more, and will likely require more than 2 inches of space. Since all measures in a system of the master score have to align across all the instruments, multi-measure rests are not normally used.
In reply to Here it is by Rifto
BTW: Your paper size is too small for the number of instruments.
In reply to BTW: Your paper size is too… by Jm6stringer
So I'll consolidate things like 1s and 2s into the same part and just split it where need be, omething like that?
In reply to So I'll consolidate things… by Rifto
It depends on what you plan to do with the score. Printing individual parts should be no problem.
The master score is what doen't fit because of the number of instruments. You can increase the page size in Format > Page settings.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/page-settings
Another possibility is to decrease the size of your score by reducing the scaling.
See:.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/page-settings#scaling