Is it possible to mix staff types.
I have to create a score that contains an eight bar intro that will be need to be written in full score (treble and bass clef). Thereafter, for the rest of the song, only a leadsheet (single treble clef) score is needed. I'm trying to keep the size of the piece as small as possible to avoid page turns.
Is this possible?
Thank in advance.
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See http://www.musescore.org/en/node/3313
In reply to See by David Bolton
Thanks. I'm pretty sure I tried that, but because (I think) the piano part (left and right hand) is classed as one stave, it never gets hidden because there's something in the treble part.
In reply to Thanks. I'm pretty sure I by English
The workaround is to create a new score with two piano parts. When you are in the "Create new score" wizard add two piano parts then remove the bass clef staff from the first piano part and remove the treble staff from the second piano part.
Copy your music to the new score.
Does that make sense?
In reply to The workaround is to create a by David Bolton
Thanks. That would seem a workaround, but I can't see how to remove just, say, the bass part from a piano score.
In reply to Thanks. That would seem a by English
From the new score wizard on second screen with the instruments list:
In reply to From the new score wizard on by David Bolton
Aha! I followed your instructions. Added two piano parts, removed the bass stave from the second piano part, put some notes in the original (treble and bass) part - and the single stave part, and the hid empty staves from the style menu.
It's a little "clunky", but it's achieved what I needed. Thank you so much!
In reply to Aha! I followed your by English
I seem to have a similar problem. I am writing a score for piano that only requires the "regular" 2 staff piano part until the last system when I need 4 staves. When I add 2 more staves to the piano part (add below, add above), I then have a four staff piano part where the two outer staves, which are empty most of the time, are not hidden with "hide empty staves." I tried this workaround, which does not work. Since all four staves should be bracketed ( with the { bracket) with one barline going through the whole system (not breaking at staves like in choral music does), when the outer staves are hidden, barlines disappear, and the bracket disappears. Any ideas?
In reply to I seem to have a similar by isaac_
Is the disappearance of the barlines and brackets with hide empty staves a filed bug? I looked for it on the issue tracker, but I know that I sometimes miss things.
In reply to Is the disappearance of the by isaac_
See #6107: Multi-staff barlines break with hide empty staves.
In reply to See #6107: Barlines brake by David Bolton
Yes, I should know, I just recently posted this after not finding any duplicate. However, this is not my exact problem because I was not able to reproduce the specific problem that I posted here. In that bug report, it just states that the bar lines break at staves even when they are supposed to go through (breaking at staves like in choral music). In my problem, in the same situation, the bar lines actually disappear. Also, the { bracket disappears. I wonder if this is because I started the score in 0.9.5, and some bugs in the file structure carried over?... Anyhow, it is not the end of the world. I just don't get to bracket the extra staves or have bar lines that go all the way through. It looks a little weird, but since I can not reproduce the disapearing bar lines, I wouldn't worry about it. However, breaking barlines can be reproduced (as in the bug report).
In reply to Yes, I should know, I just by isaac_
I included the link for cross reference (future readers who might like to follow the latest developments on this issue).
The bracket disappears if the top (bracketed) staff is hidden.
In reply to The workaround is to create a by David Bolton
Workaround makes sense; the fact that it is necessary does not :-). "Hide empty staves" shouldn't make exception for piano LH - that is surely one of the most common uses for this facility?
In reply to Workaround makes sense; the by Marc Sabatella
It depends on the context. Left and right hands are one instrument and it would be unexpected to see just one of them disappear on an orchestral score.
In reply to It depends on the context. by David Bolton
Context, indeed. I was thinking more of the generated part. It's very common to see a piano part reduce to just one staff for extended periods in a big band chart, and that's often the difference between a 4 page chart that fits on the piano and an 8 page chart that requires flipping.