How do I fix this sheet music design?
I was casually making stuff on Musecore but for some reason when I added dynamics to some strings the whole staff became large. Its very annoying to me, how can I fix this?
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Please share the score, not just a picture of it
In reply to Please share the score, not… by Jojo-Schmitz
Here
In reply to Here by Derundir550
It's not clear exactly what you are wanting to see instead here. Right now the staves are nicely stretched out to fill the page, thus avoiding unprofessional-looking empty spaces at the bottom of each page. You can see that problem on the last page, but only because it's completely empty - it will fix itself as you enter music. So unless you needed that space to write in handwritten notes later, this seems correct to me.
If you do need the extra empty space at the bottom of the page for whatever reason, the best way to make that happen consistently (to avoid an even more unprofessional-looking ragged margin) would be to increase the bottom margin of the page, in Format / Page Settings. You might increase the top margin too, to create a more balanced look. Or consider a smaller staff size that will allow two systems per page, which is more likely how most editors would choose to present it.
My initial guess would be that you used to have more systems on that page. But due to adding those dynamics, the minimal vertical size of that system no longer allowed for the next system to also be on the same page (or for this system to fit in with the one before). As a result that system now lives on a new page.
And being a (now) single system on the page, MuseScore tries to distribute the remaining free page size in it according to your style settings.
In reply to My initial guess would be… by jeetee
How do I change my style settings?
In reply to How do I change my style… by Derundir550
Cuz it was working fine back then I just added more instruments and put dynamics on them
In reply to Cuz it was working fine back… by Derundir550
To further clarify, it's still working fine now as well. Your content simply made it so 2 boxes (systems) no longer fit inside the larger box (page).
You wrote:
![page.png]( "page.png")
...when I added dynamics to some strings the whole staff became large.
What exactly do you mean?
Here's page 4 of your attachment:
The music fills the page. What is it that is very annoying to you that you need to "fix"?
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/layout-and-formatting#style-page
In reply to You wrote: ...when I added… by Jm6stringer
The dynamics need space, and that causes a 2nd system to not fit on that page anymore, and that causes MuseScore to spread the system across the entire page
In reply to The dynamics need space, and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Seems like the pedal lines also contribute. Even deleting all dynamics still require the entire page 4.
In reply to Seems like the pedal lines… by Jm6stringer
It sure does contribute
Go to Style/Page and decrease the "Max. Stave distance".
![Unbenannt.JPG]( "Unbenannt.JPG")
If this value is set above 0, space between staves will be added,
so that the system fills the page.
You might want to increase the "Min. stave distance" in return...
In reply to Go to Style/Page and set the… by oMrSmith
Actually, if you want the unprofessional-looking empty space at the bottom of the page, the better is to simply disable vertical staff justification via the radio button. But, it would the wrong thing to do, unless one is deliberate trying to leave space for handwritten notes.
wow thank you all for the help I managed to finally fix it