Vertical distance between measures problem
Hello guys, my first time asking on this forum. Sorry for the stupid question. Whenever I try to add more measures beyond page 2, the vertical distance between them increases. I add measures by right-clicking the last measure and selecting "insert measures" option. Any ideas on why this might happen?
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And where is the problem?
In reply to And where is the problem? by Jojo-Schmitz
The problem is that pages 1 and 2 have one vertical distance, and page 3 has other. Here's a screenshot for comparison.
In reply to The problem is that pages 1… by drumguitaruser
See Format > Style > Page > Enable/Disable vertical justification of staves
In reply to See Format > Style > Page >… by Jojo-Schmitz
What I had to do was to set "max. system distance" there to 9.5 and that seemed to fix everything. Big thanks for your answer!
In reply to What I had to do was to set … by drumguitaruser
Not a good setting IMHO.
If any change from the default at all, I'd rather go for Format > Style > Page > Disable vertical justification of staves
(I'd like to see another option getting added to make that happen on the last page of a score)
In reply to Not a good setting IMHO. by Jojo-Schmitz
I didn't leave it this way because it didn't fix my problem, but I'll try it in the future if anything similar happens. Thanks once again!
The issue here is that you are trying to judge spacing based on a completely empty score. That's not realistic; any adjustments you make to cause a completely empty score to look will almost assuredly make a real score look terrible. Best to wait until your done before trying to make these kinds of adjustments, otherwise your results won't be optimal.
Also, when the time comes, the best way to get the spacing more even is to get the actual number of systems per page more even. That is, don't arrange things so you have eight systems on one page and six on the next - make it seven on each, by adding a page break where needed. Or add more system breaks so it's actually eight on each - probably even better. The point being, again, these decisions cannot be made on an empty score; you need to see the actual music to understand where the breaks will best be placed. So fiddling with spacing settings now just makes the job harder later.