Allow addition of staves to the score in "Instruments" and "New Score Wizard"
2.0.3 / Win 7
Allow the user to add individual staves (in addition to Instruments) to the score in the Chose Instruments window of the New Score Wizard, or when adjusting the set-up in the "Instruments" dialogue. There could be a new subsection in the instrument list for this – "Staves".
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add staff is possible already, unless I don#t understand what you mean. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/create-new-score#add-staff
In reply to add staff is possible by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, but you have to have an existing instrument in the right column. I mean the ability to add an individual staff directly from the Instrument list.
In reply to Yes, but you have to have an by geetar
Add Instrument, then add additional staff, where's the problem?
In reply to Yes, but you have to have an by geetar
How would it then be linked in playback?
You can always just add a 'voice' instrument for those staves.
In reply to How would it then be linked by jeetee
Sound is the same as the instrument it gets added to
In reply to Sound is the same as the by Jojo-Schmitz
Which is why I raised the point of asking geetar what he thinks it should be if he wants a 'staff instrument' option added.
In reply to add staff is possible by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't understand how this would be expected to work either. A staff can't exist without an instrument. What would the point be? Add an instrument, it gets a staff automatically.
In reply to I don't understand how this by Marc Sabatella
You can currently do what I am asking for by adding a piano grand staff, then deleting one of the staves. That way a user can add a treble or a bass staff to the score (in the NSW or "Instruments" dialog).
Since a solo treble staff and solo bass staff are options in the "Create New Score" window, couldn't they also be available in some way in the "Chose Instruments" and "Instruments" list?
In reply to You can currently do what I by geetar
So you don't want to add staves, but delete them? Or have 2 new instruments, Piano Treble clef only and Piano Bass clef only?
In any case yu can have all that already, either as you mentioned via the templates or via an extra click to remove the unwanted staff, so I still don't see what you're really asking for here
In reply to So you don't want to add by Jojo-Schmitz
Suppose the user want to add a piano or accordeon or melodeon treble staff (say). Or wants to use an instrument that is not in the list. In these cases adding a "General purpose" staff might be the easier option.
In reply to Suppose the user want to add by geetar
If you want something unusual and non-standard like a piano with only a single staff, seems adding the standard one then deleting the unwanted staff to make it non-standard is the logical way to do things. Or simply add a flute or other single-staff instrument if you don't actually care about the playback instrument. Not sure why there should be a special case version of piano specifically?
In reply to If you want something unusual by Marc Sabatella
Finale allows users to add a staff in the Setup Wizard , so there is a precedent.
In reply to Finale allows users to add a by geetar
Can you provide an actual real world use case? I'm not opposed to having this, but understanding the actual real world goal would help in deciding what to call it, where to place it, and what it's properties should be.
Right now I can think of two real world use cases: lead sheets, and simple examples for educational texts. In both cases, it probably makes sense to use piano as the instrument but with the playable ranges set to the max, and to *not* place these in the Keyboard section of the lsit but a new section. Other real world use cases might involve other tradeoffs however.