Variable spacing between staves
I am trying to transcribe a series of plainchant antiphons. Most of them I can manage to squeeze onto a single line without making them hard to read. Some need to go to two lines. I want to be able to reduce the space between the lines of a two-line antiphon, to differentiate from the space between one antiphon and the next. Help?
I attempted to fix it using "staff type change" (see my #17), but for some reason things like slur lines and system text didn't follow the change in offset value, which is just MADDENING. And now I also can't even figure out how to delete the useless "staff type change". Can anyone explain why "delete" and "ctrl-delete" and dragging the icon off the screen don't work? Is this some kind of Zen test? I should be chanting my antiphons more mindfully so that when I sit down to work on them in MuseScore I am not so inclined to cuss loudly and pull my hair out? I swear I need beta-blockers for this project.
/rant
Thank you for being here to help......
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Comments
Use a fixed staff spacer and decrease its size
In reply to Use a fixed staff spacer and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh! Excellent. What do I attach it to? How do I insert it in the score?
In reply to Oh! Excellent. What do I… by Sister Felicity
to the 1st measure of such a 2-line section
In reply to to the 1st measure of such a… by Jojo-Schmitz
oooh, bless you, Jojo, you are a prince! It worked. Well, you knew that LOL.
Now can I ask another question, or should I start a new topic? You see at the end of each antiphon TONE I (or II, III, or IV)? Neither "staff text" nor "system text" can be aligned to the actual staff. It's aligned to the last note, which depending how crowded the staff is, varies in placement. Is there a way to right-align this text to the actual end of the staff itself?
In reply to oooh, bless you, Jojo, you… by Sister Felicity
You could (mis)use a Fine (and edit the text to your needs) for that maybe?
In reply to You could misuse a Fine (and… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK, that works. Thanks much!
In reply to You could misuse a Fine (and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Is there an equivalent at the beginning of a line, so all my antiphon numbers are aligned going down the page?
In reply to Is there an equivalent at… by Sister Felicity
A Segno or Coda maybe? Or Rehears marks? I'd take those, that's their natural purpose
In reply to A Segno or Coda maybe? Or… by Jojo-Schmitz
I have been too stubborn about trying to figure this out on my own. Bless you, Jojo, you are a very great help! Yes, rehearsal mark works great.
You don't have any staff type changes in the attached file.
In reply to You don't have any staff… by mike320
Oh ... it must be on my local copy. Sorry, I've just uploaded my latest version.
In reply to You don't have any staff… by mike320
do you see it now?
In reply to do you see it now? by Sister Felicity
If you're asking me about staff type changes then no. From what I read you don't need staff type changes anyway. Just know that you can select one and press delete to get rid of it.
In reply to If you're asking me about… by mike320
That's what's not working -- I have it in #17, but "delete" isn't working
In reply to That's what's not working --… by Sister Felicity
There are no staff type changes in the attached file at all. I redownloaded it from your original post in case you had updated it.
In reply to If you're asking me about… by mike320
It's gone. I don't know what happened, but I closed out of it yesterday, and when I opened it this morning it meekly accepted "delete" on the first try. Sorry for the confusion.
In reply to It's gone. I don't know what… by Sister Felicity
That's fine. Like I said they won't do anything for your current situation. If you have another problem with them in the future then start a new thread.