Temporarily changing system size
I'm trying to figure out how to temporarily change the system size in musescore. If I select Staff Properties and I adjust the scale parameter, the entire score's scale is changed. Apparently, this is a global setting -- even if I change this value much later in the score it changes the entire work.
The measure properties dialog doesn't have a "scale" parameter.
A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's what I'm trying to do:
In this example, the first system is a "bells used" staff. It is printed ~1/2 the size of the rest of the score.
How do I do that in musescore? Changing Staff Properties is global. Measure Properties doesn't have a scale value. Do I need to paste an image from another musescore (or freehand, MS Paint, etc.) screen capture as an image to do this? Is there a more integrated way to do this? Is there some other property I'm missing?
Thank-you for any suggestions.
BTW, many thanks to Lorenz Music handbell catalog from whom I've stolen a low-res scan of a single page as an example -- hopefully in the bounds of "Fair Use" -- of how this is done by the pros.
Comments
You can't change staff size mid-score, but you can create the score for fur staves, make two of them small, and then use "Style / General / Hide empty staves" so that only the small staves show at the beginning, only the full size staves after that.
However, that's not how I'd do it. Those top two lines aren't music; they are just a chart. So I'd do that in a separate score, take a screenshot using the image capture tool, and paste that into your main score (probably in a frame).
In reply to You can't change staff size by Marc Sabatella
Thanks. I was afraid that was what I'd have to do, but I kinda hoped I'd missed something in the handbook.
In reply to However, that's not how I'd by Rob Bruce
It seems to me acceptable also the first method suggested by Marc
In reply to It seems to me acceptable by Shoichi
Thanks, I prefer this solution since it doesn't require me to keep two scores for each piece. (And while not played, the "Bells Used" chart -- at least for handbell players-- is as much a part of the score as the title or performance notes. Keeping everything together is much more straightforward for my way of thinking.)
The example is very helpful -- I didn't fully understand what Marc was suggesting in his first method, but with your sample, it's now much clearer in my mind.
Thanks again to you and Marc for the help.