Hide instruments only in some sections of the score?
Hello everybody,
I'm actually editing a baroque cantata consisting of several sections with different instrumentation (Recitativo, Aria, Duetto, Corale etc.). I want to have all these sections in one score so that it will be easier to create the differnt parts in the end.
Now the problem is: In each section, I would like to have only those instruments/voices that really participate in this particular section (so I don't want empty staves of all the other instruments). At the same time I also want to show all the participating instruments in the first system of each section. And that's where I get problems: I tried to do this by choosing "Always hide empty staves", which worked well in most of the cases. But with the arias, it didn't work because the solo voice only sets in after a longer orchestral prelude. So the solo voice isn't among the instruments shown in the first system of the section, because it only has rests in this section.
So what I would like to have is one of the two following options:
a.) choose a group of instruments that is always shown in one section (I wouldn't care about the empty staves), but not in other sections (what I mean: I don't need the empty basso solo part in the soprano aria)
b.) for each individual section: show all instruments that participate in the first system of this section, but hide all instruments that doesn't participate in this section.
Is there any possibility to get this? I hope someone can help me! :-) Thanks in advance!
P.S.: I hope I managed to explain what I want to have - as I'm not a native speaker, I find it sometimes difficult to find the right expressions...
Comments
There is an option in [Format]>[Style]>Score that allows you to always show all staves in the first system even if they are empty. This is used very commonly to show all instruments in the ensemble although some may play only later in the piece.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/layout-and-formatting#style-score and in particular point 9.
There is no direct ability to control which systems get empty staves hidden and which don't, but you can create a white or transparent staff text that and then Ctrl+Shift+drag it to your palette for easy reuse. Then select the range of measures you wish to not hide and click the palette element to apply that text to all of them. That's the best I can think of for now. Hopefully someday MuseScore will support more options here.
In reply to There is no direct ability… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for the answer! I'll try that.
In reply to Thanks for the answer! I'll… by jfb-music
Is there a way to hide some instruments just for work purpose ?
With orchestra sometimes I would want to see only the strings for instance.
In reply to Is there a way to hide some… by Rororomain
In the Instruments tab click on the eye icon
In reply to Is there a way to hide some… by Rororomain
Instead of asking the same question multiple times in multiple place - here https://musescore.org/en/node/327837, here https://musescore.org/en/node/326249, here https://musescore.org/en/node/300540 and here (albeit in a different language) https://musescore.org/fr/node/276960 please read the replies and try try out the suggestions you are given. If they do not achieve what you want, just come back and explain in more detail what you need.
In reply to Is there a way to hide some… by Rororomain
You can also use the Parts windows to create a new empty part, then use the Instruments panel to add just the strings to it. Then you can easily flip between full and strings at any time just by clicking their respective tabs.
In reply to You can also use the Parts… by Marc Sabatella
I have a different but related requirement:
I'd like to dispay/hide different instruments in different sections
For example on the first section (Intro) I want to display the voice and 2 different basse parts (even if the guitar is also playing). Then on the second section (Solo) I want to display the bass in standard and tab notation. And on the Outro section I want to display the voice and only one bass part.
To achieve that in MuseScore 4 I process easch section at a time, use the instrument panel to hide the desired instrument, print the full score in pdf and then edit the pdf to remove the unwanted sections !
In reply to I have a different but… by BonnetM
The much simpler way to achieve this result is with the "Hide empty staves" option in Format / Style / Score. If the hidden staves are not currently empty because you are relying on them for playback purposes, that's fine, just use separate permanently-invisible staves for the playback.
In reply to The much simpler way to… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, actually my goal is not the playback but rather to achieve a clean printed score.
And yes, the staves to be hidden are not empty
So my need is to hide no-empty staves on a per section basis.
In reply to Thanks, actually my goal is… by BonnetM
If you don't care about playback, why not simply delete the contents of the staves you aren't showing? In any case, the solution I gave works whether you care about playback or not, and is infinitely simpler than what you described.