Default line breaks
It appears that MS4 (and even a recent MS3) is using a default line break every 5 or 6 bars. But sometimes I just want to use my own. If I try to add a different line break then I end up getting too few bars on the next line. Any idea how to achieve this?
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Neither Mu3 nor Mu4 default to any system breaks after any number of masures.
Use Format > Add/remove system breaks
In reply to Neither Mu3 nor Mu4 default… by Jojo-Schmitz
While Musescore does not add "hard" system breaks by default it does flow music onto a new system when no more will fit on the current system. Often that gives very good results, but sometimes you may want to override those breaks to accommodate page turns or to even out vertical spacing for example. And you can add "hard" system breaks to do that. The "soft" system breaks will still be made if there is too much music to fit between "hard" system breaks. But within the limitations of real geometry you can have system breaks wherever you like.
In reply to While Musescore does not add… by SteveBlower
In the attached images, I want to added system break after measure 6 so the next line starts at measure 7. If I select measure 6 and hit ENTER, what I get is shown in the second image.
In reply to In the attached images, I… by udeleng
Select the 6 measures you wish to appear on one line, then decrease the "stretch" of those measures by pressing the keyboard shortcut { a few times.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/systems-and-horizontal-spacing#layo…
If this doesn't work, it's best to attach your actual score rather than a picture.
In reply to Select the 6 measures you… by Jm6stringer
Your problem is that there is too much music to fit on that first system with the current settings. Therefore one or more of those settings has to change.
You could try disabling the indentation on the first system, or you could make everything smaller by reducing the staff space scaling, or you could reduce the size of the page margins, or you could decrease the stretch as jm6stringer suggests.
In reply to Your problem is that there… by SteveBlower
Thanks, I'll keeps this in mind.
In reply to Select the 6 measures you… by Jm6stringer
Thanks this suggestion worked well.