Three and Four Staves for Piano Composing
Greetings,
Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I am working on my second piano sonata and, at times, I need three or four staves. Other times, I only need the standard two staves. How do I do this in musescore to where the additional staves are there when needed and gone when not? I have tried different things, all of which have been futile. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
Best,
Michael
mmiller.musicaneo.com
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I am thinking that one of the "futile" things that you have tried included ticking the "Hide Empty Staves" box? MuseScore should really have said "Hide Empty Instruments" since it doesn't hide an empty piano stave
You can get around this somewhat by creating a score with two (or more) pianos and by deleting the unwanted staves from the Instruments menu. Then when you hide an empty stave it will work. You will also need to change the appearance of the brackets.
Sadly, the few pieces I've seen that use more than two piano staves (such as Tansman;s Etude-Scherzo) also seem to need cross-staff beaming and you can't (easily) cross-staff beam between two different instruments.
In reply to I am thinking that one of the by underquark
But hope is near, 2.0 will have a real 'hide empty staves'
In reply to But hope is near, 2.0 will by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the help. :D I look forward to 2.0... Any projected release dates?
Best,
Michael
In reply to Thanks! by millermic
http://musescore.org/en/faq/general#23630
In reply to :-) by Jojo-Schmitz
Does MuseScore allow to do something like this (see attached please).
Thanks,
Michael
In reply to You are awesome! One more question... by millermic
Yes, just mark that measure invisible in measure properties
Or with 'hide empty staves' and a 0 width horizontal frame
In reply to Yes, just mark that measure by Jojo-Schmitz
Again, I am amazed you even had a plausible answer... Unfortunately, I cannot get that to work. :( Maybe it is not possible after all?
Thanks,
Michael
See http://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting and "Hide empty staves". You just need to add the additional staves as separate instruments rather than as additional staves to the one piano.
A bit like this.
In reply to A bit like this. by underquark
Thanks for your help! I see what I was doing wrong now. Thanks for the sample file. :D
Best,
Michael
I haven't copied your piece exactly but analyse it and it should give you ideas.