Creating a score and all of the empty measures are gone
I am trying to create my first score. When I started, there were alot of empty measures and I could just add my notes and it would automatically move me to the next measure once I added enough in the measure to hit 4/4. Now, all of the empty measures have disappeared. I have to manually add a new measure each time I want to progress with creating my score. Did I accidentally mess up a setting? I do not have it set to hide empty measures.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Screenshot 2024-01-09 204132.png | 25.76 KB |
Comments
When creating a new score the default number of empty measures is 32. You can specify more in the new score wizard. After creating the score you can add more at the end of the score from the Add menu by appending them.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/setting-your-score fir more information on the initial set up
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/adding-and-removing-measures for more information on adding measures after the score has been created.
In reply to When creating a new score… by SteveBlower
I think the issue is that I added a system break while writing the score and it messed everything up after that. As soon as I did that, all empty measures disappeared. I tried removing the system break but it doesn’t revert back, it just messed up the formatting even more.
There is a system break on measure 34. May be the other measures are on page 2?
My recommendation: you should not set any system breaks while writing a score. These should only be inserted at the very end, for formatting purposes, if necessary.
In reply to There is a system break on… by HildeK
The issue did present itself after I added the system break to try and format the score as I was writing it. The other measures disappeared completely after I did that and aren’t on page 2. I have tried removing the system break, hoping it would go back to the default but it doesn’t, it just makes it worse. Is there a way to reset the score back to default settings without losing it?
In reply to The issue did present itself… by hem8787
If you have not saved the score since this happened you could try hitting the undo button of using CTRL+Z as many times as necessary to get you back to the point where things disappeared. However, undo will only take you back as far as your last save.
If that doesn't work for you then, as there is something strange about your score that we can't see in a picture, please attach the score itself (.mscz file) so that we can investigate further.
In reply to If you have not saved the… by SteveBlower
I have attached the score - thank you for your help!
In reply to I have attached the score -… by hem8787
With MuS 3.7 I can see 37 measures, not only 34.
In reply to I have attached the score -… by hem8787
See if this score helps:
Bad Romance-2.mscz
I appended measures and did some rudimentary formatting.
N.B. - When you add measures to a score, be sure you do not have multimeasure rests activated.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/measure-rests-and-multimeasure-rest…
In reply to See if this score helps: … by Jm6stringer
Thank you! I think this will help a ton. I must have accidentally activated multi-measure rests by accident using a shortcut key or something.
In reply to Thank you! I think this will… by hem8787
The shortcut key is M. It is a toggle, so M to turn on, M again to turn off.