Phantom Dash (-)
In the middle of my chorus, light/faded dashes (-) appear at the top of measures for both treble and bass. I obviously provided some input that prompted these, but I cannot delete these dashes. If I click on them, they do not highlight.. what did I do and how do I remove these dashes??
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These denote measures that are short than the current time signature asks for. They won't print, so no need to remove.
You can disable this too, untick View > Mark irregular measures
You should update, 3.6.2 is the lates, you're apparently still on 3.2.3
THANK YOU..while I have your expertise, I'm trying to change the key (Minor to Major) in the Chorus). I pull up the pallet, sect the measure and change the key, but the change shows both after (like i want) and before the double bar. Suggestions??
(I really appreciate your expeditious, spot on, and non-judgmental answers to my questions)
In reply to THANK YOU..while I have your… by dawacs
That's (probably) a courtesy key signature. You can switch it off (in the Inspector of the the 'real' key signature), but that would not be recommended
In reply to THANK YOU..while I have your… by dawacs
If you mean going into bar 18 ("Through His"), then adding a key signature that measure should only appear after the double bar, since the double bar is not at the end of the system. Works fine for me. But if you modify the layout so the double bar is at the end of the system, then indeed it's totally correct and quite necessary for the courtesy key signature to appear at the end of that system.
If you continue to need assistance, please attach the updated score (after adding the key) so we can see what is going on.
In reply to If you mean going into bar… by Marc Sabatella
I've enlarged the section in question. It shows the key before and after the Staff.
In reply to I've enlarged the section in… by dawacs
This is indeed a courtesy key signature
In reply to I've enlarged the section in… by dawacs
Right, but that's not how it appears in current versions of MuseScore - as mentioned, that ends up being in the middle of a system.
Still, this "courtesy" key signature is entirely necessary, required by the rules of music notation and absolutely depended upon by musicians. Without it, there is almost no chance anyone reading the score would notice the key change on the next line.
In reply to Right, but that's not how it… by Marc Sabatella
Do not quite understand what you mean by "courtesy key signature". I could have (and originally did) write the entire piece in one key. However, in order to emphasize the switch from minor to major, I want to annotate it. My concern is (in this case) the B flat in shown immediately after the double line AND in the following measure. I want to remove the first B flat. I hope I've explained myself adequately.
I want to thank BOTH of you for your expertise.
In reply to Do not quite understand what… by dawacs
The score changes key from two flats to one flat, after that system break, so shows it at the system break as a courtesy to the musicians. This is the way it should be notated, so the musiocain playing this has an early heads-up and doesn't get caught by surprise when switching to the next system. However, you can prevernt that courtesy key signatute to show, by selecting the one in the next system and untic the 'Show courtesy' in Inspector.
In reply to The score changes key from… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you so much
In reply to Do not quite understand what… by dawacs
Courtesy key signature is the term for what you showed - a key signature that occurs at the end of one line as a "heads up" to the person reading the score that the next line is in a new key. As I said, it is required by the rules standard notation. Removing it is incorrect and will almost certainly cause people reading the music to play it wrong, since there is almost no chance they will notice the key change at the start of the new line. They absolutely need the courtesy key signature - the one showing at the end of the previous system - in order to have any chance of noticing the key change. This is how key changes are always notated when they occur one a new system - probably every piece of published music you have ever seen does the same.
In reply to Courtesy key signature is… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you. This discourse has been enlightening.