Reduce space between systems
I am trying to fit one extra system onto my page but cannot reduce space between the systems. I have tried format /style /page/ enable/ and reduced the three Factors down to '1'
but nothing happens to my page. What am I doing wrong?
Can you help please
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Go to Format>page settings>scaling. Hit the down arrow at least once.
In reply to Go to Format>page settings… by bobjp
No, This reduces distance between staves. Not what I want
I am trying to reduce the line space between the four systems.
I fiddled around last week and managed to do this but didn't take notes and now I have forgotten.
In reply to No, This reduces distance… by John Deegan
See the Handbook https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/score-size-and-spacing#vertical-spa…
Try this, used Stave Spacers Fixed Down
SANCTUS.mscz
Sorry. It is unclear what your end goal is.
You can use spacers if you want. But if you change anything afterwards, things can get mixed up.
You want to add an extra system but it works better to think in terms of measures and not systems or pages for that matter.
Using the method I suggested above, I made everything small enough to fit on one page with what looked like room for another system Then I added four measures at the end. Put a system break before the added measures. Then just to see what it would look like, I copied four measures from the beginning into them. Extremely fast and easy to do.
Format >Style >Page >DISable vertical justification of staves and reduce the Min system distance to 5.5. You can shrink it further than this but I think it would become very crowded.
In reply to Format >Style >Page >DISable… by underquark
I think the original request was for five systems on the page.
In reply to I think the original request… by bobjp
Yes, i see. I think the original ask is pushing it. Choir singers are often standing up, with the score a fair distance away - while scaling down works, it's getting a bit hard to read (even with my presbyopia). Here, I've reduced the system spacing to 4.5 and fiddled with the lyric upper and lower spacings but I think that's the limit unless bigger paper is used (not a bad idea for choirs, but not so easy to home print).
For 5 systems on the one page...
Compare my settings in Format > Style > Page and look at Min. system distance.
Also, to get a little more space between systems, note the change made to 'Music bottom margin'.
When you make visible the page margins (View > Show > Show page margins) you can see how the music bottom margin can be reduced which then allows more space to be distributed between the systems.
It essentially moves all systems down - closer to the page margin, while still allowing for satisfactory printing within the page margins.
In reply to For 5 systems on the one… by Jm6stringer
My objective is to make the lyrics bigger for my choir to read.
The music is presently on one page with four lines.
I am hoping that by increasing the number of lines to five then the number of words on the line will become less so the letters can be enlarged.
In reply to My objective is to make the… by John Deegan
OK, shrink the music and enlarge the text and have six lines? But now the text starts to run together and you have to make several small adjustments to the Leading space for certain notes to separate lyrics and make them more readable.
In reply to OK, shrink the music and… by underquark
Thank you underquark. Music looks so much better now John
In reply to Thank you underquark. Music… by John Deegan
I am back again! I followed underquark's instructions with my next piece of music:-
I reduced the size of the music with no difficulty. I then tried to increase the size of the text Edit>Preferences>Appearance (on the left side of the page). The only option is for Body Text Size which I changed from 12 to 16 and then clicked OK but nothing happened the text. I repeated this process but selected the whole text first of all and again nothing happened. I very much appreciate underquark's help in resetting the last piece of music for me but I really MUST learn to do this myself. Thanks for your patience. John
In reply to I am back again! I followed… by John Deegan
Lyric font is cunningly hidden in:
Format >Style >Text Styles (scroll right down the left pane to find this) >Lyrics odd lines
In reply to My objective is to make the… by John Deegan
You wrote:
My objective is to make the lyrics bigger for my choir to read.
You did not mention that in your original post.
To make lyrics bigger, open my attachment and right click on one lyric then Select > Similar (to highlight all lyrics). In the Properties' panel under 'Text' you will see 11pt 'Size'. Click the up arrow a few times to increase the lyrics font size.
In reply to You wrote: My objective is… by Jm6stringer
Thanks for tour help with the lyrics. I am nearly there now but now my notes look too small. Is there any way I can increase the size of the notes while still keeping the entire score on one page
In reply to Thanks for tour help with… by John Deegan
You'd have to compromise between font size for lyrics and the space setting
You can reduce the space below the lyrics by/to 1sp too, gains a bit extra space