Force measure to previous system

• Jun 3, 2018 - 02:47

Hi,

I have a short measure with a single whole note, and it automatically moves to the next system/line, adding a new page by that.
I want to force it to stick to the previous system.
Is there an opposite action to the 'System break' one, so that I can force a no-break between two measures?


Comments

In reply to by shimmy

Stretch does not affect a page, but only the selected measures. Select all of the measures on the line where you want the measure and the measure, then press { to reduce the stretch. I would guess it will only need to be pushed one or two times for the measure to be moved to the previous line. If this doesn't work then attach the score.

In reply to by sarkreth

Adjusting "stretch" was the correct answer 6 years ago. Today, in MuS 4 (presumably?), you can use the Group measures button in the Layout palette.

20240717 125444-group measures.png

... and yes, my palettes are in a different order than yours :-)

[A few moments later] I didn't see that the Section Break label appeared in the screenshot. The highlit button is Group Measures!!!

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