Hide linked stave
I'm working on a score for 4 guitar parts.
It would definitely be nice to be able to hide either the tablature or the stave separately. I want to be able to write the music just viewing the staves. Then I want to have only the tablatures visible when printing the music for my pupils. Back and forth.
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Probably easier to just have two separate (non-linked) staves then, or just haver a single staff you convert between standard and tab rather than hidingthe one you don't want. Still, an interesting use case worth considering.
In reply to Probably easier to just have by Marc Sabatella
Non-linked is double work, when writing and editing. Well, copy-and-paste probably works well in that case. Switching back and forth between tab and standard might be better. I noticed that when switching from tab to standard and back, will preserve the string/fret info of the notes. When entering notes in a standard stave, MuseScore writes the "notes" in the linked tab on lowest possible fret. If I drag the number to the following string and the fret number changes hence, this change remains even though I change to standard stave and back to tab. But if I make some editing in the standard stave and then change back to tab, of course I have to re-drag the number to the string I want.
And I really like to have both the standard and the tab visible every now and then. I use MuseScore a lot in class and I have it visible on the big screen. And while my pupils mostly read the tabs, I think it's good for them to simultaneously see the standard stave, too.
I'm going to revive this one and add my +1.
For different reasons than those stated by the OP, I would like to be able to make linked tablature staves invisible without jumping through all sorts of hoops. When composing, I often use tablature staves to help me evaluate fingerings for instruments I don't play (or don't play well), like viols. This is a great help...but when the piece is more or less composed and I start working on formatting, page makeup and so forth, those extra staves are in the way. Yes, I can save the score under a new name and then delete the linked staves, but then if I do any further editing of the music or orchestrations, I have to create them all over again if I'm in doubt about what I'm asking a performer to do.
Can the 'Visible' checkbox in the Instruments dialogue be made so that it applies individually to any primary or linked staff for each instrument? This would be a great help.
In reply to I'm going to revive this one by Recorder485
+1. This would be great, for the same reasons stated by Recorder485
Would somebody like to file a feature request for making specific staves within an instrument invisible?
In reply to Would somebody like to file a by Isaac Weiss
It doesn't appear anyone has filed an issue on this, so I'll do it. This is a feature I'd like to see implemented.
In reply to It doesn't appear anyone has by Recorder485
See #121271: Make "Visible" checkbox in Instruments dialog available for individual staves within an instrument
+1. Did anything arise from this debate 5 years ago?
In reply to +1. Did anything arise from… by RoyOfLeeds
That linked feature request in the post just above yours arose from it.
In reply to That linked feature request… by jeetee
And is still open
In reply to +1. Did anything arise from… by RoyOfLeeds
Meanwhile there is a workaround described here which is not ideal but lets you generate separate parts: https://musescore.org/en/node/325036#comment-1097921