bars per line problem
Hi,
I’m a Musescore newbie.
Is there a way I can control the number of bars for a line? When I try to add notes for a third and fourth line of bass, the bar moves over to the next page and takes the whole page width giving three bars on the first page and one on the second page which looks terrible. Is there a way I can make it look reasonable, preferably ensuring 4 bars per line. Please see pics below to get what I mean.
Thanks
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Comments
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/breaks-and-spacers
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tools#line-breaks
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting#layout-stretch
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/page-settings#scaling
In reply to See:… by Shoichi
Thank you for your reply. Is there a way I can prevent bar 4 spilling over into the second page?
In reply to Thank you for your reply. Is… by bwestoz
Use Scaling property or a mix of the handbook information linked above,
You can attach the score you are having problems, someone can give some advice.
In reply to Use Scaling property or a… by Shoichi
Decrease layout stretch did it. Thank you
Really, though, the better solution is to simply delete that line break - that is what is causing your problem. There's nothing wrong with having only three measure son the first page - the issue is having only a single bar on the second page, and that happens only because your line break is telling MuseScore to do that. Scores should not normally be micro-managed in this way - they are most readable when the spacing is consistent and number of pages is minimized, not when enforcing an arbitrary number of measures per page. That sort of the fine tuning is best left to the parts.
In reply to Really, though, the better… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you.