system change
Hello,
I would like to change the number of staves per system in mid-score. For example, start with one staff for a few measures, then switch to system of 2 staves, then back to 1 staff.
I often see in forum the "hide empty staves" feature. Is there another way to continue a score with different instruments, staff per system count, ... ?
Is this the role of sections ? Parts ? Sorry, I'm a bit confused.
Thanks !
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Welcome, see: https://musescore.org/en/node/273071
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In reply to Welcome, see: https:/… by Shoichi
Ok thanks for the answer !
Do you know what is a section for ? I couldn't find a defnition here :
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/glossary
In reply to Ok thanks for the answer !… by fanfou
For "Hide empty staves" see inside the handbook here: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting#style-edit-gene…
If this doesn't work for you, describe where you've trouble with (and in the best case attache your score too).
(You won't find the information inside the glossary, but as there mentioned, the glossary is "work in progress")
In reply to For "Hide empty staves" see… by kuwitt
Thanks ! It worked.
As I needed 2 staves for a few measures only, I find a bit strange to make these staves exist but be hidden almost everywhere... but nevermind, it's probably the approach chosen by Musescore developers, I respect it :-)
In reply to Thanks ! It worked… by fanfou
It's also the approach used by almost all other notation programs, and for good reason - it's just as common to want it for 20, or 200, measures as it is to need it for 2. No sense having one facility to use for the 2 measure case and another for the 200 measure case. Also, consider that as music is added or removed, those measures may not be on the same system in the future that they are now, so it really isn't something that can be tied to a specific system. It could, admittedly, be tied to specific measures. But imagine how awkward that would be if you needed it for 2 measures on this system, then 2 more measures three systems later, and so on and so on across 20 pages of music.
In reply to Ok thanks for the answer !… by fanfou
In music, a section is a complete, but not independent, musical idea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_(music)
But I think we can also mean the same groups of instrumental group (or section) violins I violins II, brass section etc
Parts, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/parts
In reply to Ok thanks for the answer !… by fanfou
Section in English is used with a wide range of meanings.
In an orchestra the, usual 8-16, violins that make up Violins I is called the Violin 1 section.
All of the woodwinds (flutes, oboes, clarinets...) make up the woodwind section. All of the brass instruments make up the brass section. In short an orchestra is made up of the Woodwind, brass, string and percussion sections.
A section of music can be any random set of continuous measures. For example, pick measures 10-25 of any piece of music and that's a section of music.
Important in MuseScore is that a movement is called a section. The Section break located in the Breaks and Spacers palette breaks a score into sections. It enables the user to start a movement (or another song in a song book) with a new time and key signature without the option of adding a courtesy signature to the end of the previous movement.
Perhaps this term should be added to the glossary.
In reply to Section in English is used… by mike320
Thank you for the clarification.