Aesthetics, figured bass - help?
Hi all, this is my first proper attempt with MuseScore. Was a Sibelius user many years ago, gave up for a while.
I've transcribed the flute and through-bass for this Mancini sonata, because the original 1724 engraving on IMSLP, although full of character, is pretty hard to read.
So, I've got my head around basic note entry, and I've tried using the figured bass figures, but everything's a little... ugly at the moment. I've put in some system breaks, but I've not really figured out how to massage layout at all.
Any suggestions to improve score layout, aesthetics, and most importantly, readability?
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figured bass https://musescore.org/en/handbook/figured-bass#adding-a-new-figured-bas…
you seem to have used the Text https://musescore.org/en/handbook/staff-and-system-text
In reply to figured bass https:/… by Shoichi
Ah, that figured bass tool is much quicker. It mostly looks better, but there are some strange artefacts also, e.g. bar 34 here:
In reply to Ah, that figured bass tool… by NcLean
And while I'm happy enough to have the bass figures underneath, is there any option for having them above the system?
In reply to And while I'm happy enough… by NcLean
You can use Inspector after selecting all Similar Elements, but that doesn't seem right.
See: https://musescore.org/en/node/314132 https://musescore.org/en/node/314947#comment-1049399
What is the exact link to imslp?
In reply to You can use Inspector after… by Shoichi
Figured bass above is more common than I thought when I asked the question about how to move it in the link Shoichi provided.
Follow those instructions, but I find it necessary to move the figured base down on a system by system basis to keep staves from being too far apart. I select one figured bass, shift + click another and all between are selected. I then change the Y offset in the inspector.