Forcing the last page of a score to contain two systems
I've noticed that MuseScore seems reluctant to place more than one system on the final page of a score. Is this by design, and is there any way to prevent this?
As an example, here is an edition of Stanford's Magnificat for double choir which I am preparing for future release as a free edition. I am deliberately preserving the system breaks and page numbers from a previous edition. I wish the final two systems to both appear on the final page (p35), but I can find no way to do this.
Can anyone suggest how I can achieve this, please?
PS Please do not redistribute this score. When it is ready I will make it available as a free edition on cpdl.org.
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| Stanford - Magnificat, Op. 164 - Boosey.mscz | 926.77 KB |
Comments
Eliminate the page break, currently at measure 321
In reply to Eliminate the page break,… by Shoichi
My apologies, that page break should have been a section break. I'm not sure how that snuck in, but I still cannot make the final page have two sections with this replaced with a section break.
I have updated the attachment in the original post.
In reply to My apologies, that page… by bompstable
If you want anyone to be able to read that score when printed on paper, a Page size of A4 and a Space setting of 1.2 is way too small. On an A4 you'd get one system per page only when selecting the defailt Space setting of 1.75mm, which is reable.
Anyway: the hairpins and dynamics on the ladst 2 systems are the culprit for them to not fit one page, in addition to the 2 text frames on the last page
In reply to If you want anyone to be… by Jojo-Schmitz
A stave space of 1.2 mm is quite generous for a score. Gould recommends 3.7 mm for the total stave height in a score (the "rastral size"). That equates to 3.7/4 = 0.925 mm. 6 to 7 mm rastral size, or 1.5 to 1.75 mm stave spacing is recommended for a single instrument part.
In reply to If you want anyone to be… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the suggestions.
"If you want anyone to be able to read that score when printed on paper, a Page size of A4 and a Space setting of 1.2 is way too small."
It is certainly small but I do not believe this is unusually small for choral scores where singers hold their music close to their face. The original score that I am working from is even smaller.
"Anyway: the hairpins and dynamics on the last 2 systems are the culprit for them to not fit one page, in addition to the 2 text frames on the last page"
Is this really that different to other pages in the score that do fit two systems to one page? For example, pages 21 and 22? By removing nearly everything but the notes on the last two pages I can make MuseScore fit the last two systems on one page, but it seems to be much harder to manage this at the end of the score than anywhere else. I'm wondering if some other factor is making MuseScore prefer just one system in this case.
In reply to If you want anyone to be… by bompstable
for choral scores where singers hold their music close to their face
anything below 1.6 is too small for me
In reply to My apologies, that page… by bompstable
And there's no section break anywhere, just system breaks
In reply to And there's no section break… by Jojo-Schmitz
My mistake - I meant system break.