Measure Width Problems On Conductors Score
Hello! I've searched for an answer for this but nothing I've found has worked so far. I have a conductors score for a piece that is very inconsistent on measure width. I'll post a picture here of a couple of the pages. The first page in the picture has only 3 measures and the second page in this picture has only 1. It's averaging about 4 measures per page, but there are quite a few pages with only 1, 2, or 3. I'd prefer about 6.
I've tried reseting system breaks and reseting layout stretch. What could I try next?
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Remove the system breaks
In reply to Remove the system breaks by Jojo-Schmitz
Did not help. Went to Format > Add/Remove System Breaks > Remove current system breaks
Still have multiple pages with only 1 measure.
In reply to Did not help. Went to… by HeimburgerMusic
Make sure to first select the area on which that command should run, such as Ctrl/Cmd+A for the entire score.
In reply to Make sure to first select… by jeetee
I just tried that and it didn't make a difference. It looks like, even without selecting all before going to that menu option, it automatically selects all when I select Add/Remove System Breaks.
I'm running Musescore on a Mac if that makes any difference. Version 3.6.2.
In reply to I just tried that and it… by HeimburgerMusic
So you're still seeing the system breaks on your score?
Look carefully at your screenshot.
It shows a page break on one page and a system break on another.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/breaks-and-spacers#breaks
to see the difference, and delete the page break too.
In reply to Look carefully at your… by Jm6stringer
Thank you! That was a big help. I removed all the page breaks and system breaks I could locate in the top left corner of the pages. It's down from 37 page to 15 pages now.
I still have one measure that is stuck filling a page in the middle of the piece. I've deleted every break I can find. Is there any other place I need to check to fix this one page?
In reply to Thank you! That was a big… by HeimburgerMusic
System breaks are found at the end of systems. There should not be any at the top left corner. They should all be at the right hand side of the page.
In reply to System breaks are found at… by SteveBlower
I did find a couple more system breaks that I couldn't see until I zoomed in. So far I am only finding system breaks in the top-right corners of pages, same place that I found page breaks before deleting them. I've inspected the right and left edges of each page while zoomed in and I'm not able to see any more system breaks or page breaks. Down to 13 pages and most of them look great. But I've still got 2 consecutive problem pages in the middle, one with 2 measures and the next page with 1 measure. I attach a screenshot here. Is there anything else that you can see that might be causing this? I do have a double-bar and key change happening at the end of the one measure. Could that have anything to do with it?
In reply to I did find a couple more… by HeimburgerMusic
That extremely large space before the 1/8th in your picture indicates that you've likely dragged something way out of place. What that would be is impossible to tell without access to the score.
Check the leading space on them or check for text elements attached to either them or the 1/16ths before that might be dragged away. Try selecting that measure and use reset positions (Ctrl/Cmd+R)
In reply to I did find a couple more… by HeimburgerMusic
There could be all sorts of other things going on that might be causing measures to take more space than they should but it is pretty much impossible to tell from a picture. If you upload the score (.mscz file) here, diagnosis should be much easier.
In reply to I did find a couple more… by HeimburgerMusic
Thanks for all the help everyone! I still don't know what was causing it but I fixed it. I had to delete all of the 8th and 16th notes that were getting stretched and then re-enter them. Learning about the system and page breaks is going to help me a lot in the future, so thank you!