Adding text... is free form possible?
I'm a theory teacher and I want to give little instructions below each section of the score for students to fill in. Can I do that with no pitches or rests? I basically want manuscript paper with my specific layout of bar lines/double bar lines, with no notes on the staves because my students will be writing all of the notes.
I want to give different instructions for each, and I do not want to have to add a note or rest.
Please someone ,tell me this is possible! I am liking everything else about MuseScore so far, please don't let this be the thing that breaks me... :(
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Use a text frame
In reply to Use a text frame by Jojo-Schmitz
ok... great !! New question: I am trying to change the size of the font. I can successfully scroll up to 12-13 or whatever, but the changes aren't made. What am I missing?
In reply to ok... great !! New question:… by melismakitty
Ooops... never mind, I figured that out. New question: I want to write some Roman numerals in, for students to write as their assignment. Once again, I do not want to add a note or a rest.
Can I do that? And if not, how can I make convincing-looking two-tier figured bass symbols (like 64) using the text frame?
In reply to Ooops... never mind, I… by melismakitty
RNA as well as FB attaches to notes. So use notes in voice 2, make silent and invislble (/via Inspector) and attach RNA and/or FB to those
In reply to RNA as well as FB attaches… by Jojo-Schmitz
thank you! I will try that out.
In reply to ok... great !! New question:… by melismakitty
BTW, if you tried changing the text size using the toolbar you show in your picture, don't. That's only for changing individual characters within a text. To change the whole thing, use the Inspector. I have a feeling you discovered you can kind of sort get a similar result by selecting all the characters within the text then using the toolbar, but that's not good. It "bakes in" the formatting making it harder to change later.
In reply to BTW, if you triued changing… by Marc Sabatella
wow, didn't think about that. Thank you. I was indeed doing what you describe. I had never even opened Inspector until you mentioned it--now I have to figure out what to do with it. Thanks!
In reply to wow, didn't think about that… by melismakitty
@melismakitty
The Handbook is your friend. Have a look at this section:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/inspector
In reply to wow, didn't think about that… by melismakitty
For the record, the Inspector is there by default when you first install MuseScore. if you weren't seeing it, that's because you previously closed it. But it's really mean to be left open most of the time while editing, and you'll find it pretty much essential for doing the sorts of adjustments common in creating educational materials.
Here's an example of the sort of thing one can do:
https://musescore.com/marcsabatella/other-chromatic-harmony-augmented-s…