Copy four staves into two
Many anthems and motets for choirs are written in four parts on four staves, either accompanied or unaccompanied with a practice accompaniment.
Being able to copy all four into two or three keyboard (piano/organ) staves would save a great deal of time. Perhaps I'm missing something but I have been only able to copy two staves and must create the other two parts manually.
MuseScore 0.9.5 revision 1848 on Ubuntu 9.04.
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It's a little quirky but if you follow the exact steps below then it will work. Although there are several steps it is much quicker than redoing it by hand.
Repeat likewise for the bass clef.
(Tested using r. 1853 self-built, Windows XP)
In reply to It's a little quirky but if by David Bolton
I remember your method working OK in the pre-release, but it does weird things in the Beta version for Ubuntu. The line didn't paste and the lyrics moved to the Soprano line.
I'm a member of a men and boys choir who sings mostly a capella, but sometimes rehearses with piano. Being able to easily make a piano reduction of multiple staves would be very useful.
Also, parish choirs not quite up to singing a capella would fund such a feature a boon.
In reply to Piano Reduction by GACB
I used the following steps. I works for me using the 0.9.6 beta.
The stems are going in the wrong direction but if you File > Reload it fixes itself.
In reply to I used the following steps. I by David Bolton
All in all, it isn't much more complicated than doing the same in Sibelius.
Thanks for your help.