Different instruments for each section

• Aug 14, 2024 - 15:42

Recently, I asked whether it is possible to write multiple songs in one MuseScore file and I was told I could achieve that by adding section breaks and verticle frames at the end of each song. But now, I want each song (or section) to have it's own set of instruments. And for this, I don't want to use the "Hide empty staves within systems" feature.


Comments

Well, that's how you do this.

Picture this: Section I has piano, trumpet, and flute. Section II has piano, trombone, and F horn. You simply add piano, flute, F horn, trumpet, trombone. With "Hide empty staves" unchecked, you enter all the notes in both sections. Once complete, check the "Hide empty staves" checkbox. Now each section will show only the included instruments.

In my opinion, it's MUCH easier to simply put each individual song in its own file. If you want to combine the scores into a book of some sort, do this with Adobe Acrobat (or similar) with the PDFs of each song.

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