Measures (bars) per system
How to specify the number of bars (measures) in a system. I don't see any instructions in the handbook to help me fit the measures evenly.
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Use Add/Remover system breaks.
In V2 it's under Edit->Tools,
in v3 it's under Format
In reply to Use Add/Remover system… by mike320
Thanks Mike. works like a charm. For you or anyone interested, MuseScore support works much better than Finale support. After 10 years of using Finale and paying dearly for it, I'm glad I found MuseScore and guys like you.
How do I enter maximum systems per page, please?
In reply to Thanks Mike. works like a… by [DELETED] 11653836
I mean number of systems per page, of course!
In reply to I mean number of systems… by [DELETED] 11653836
Oops, spoke too soon. After closing my work overnight and re-opening this morning, your advice didn't work. No matter how many times I use the format >Add/remove system breaks I get no result. Any ideas?
In reply to Oops, spoke too soon. After… by [DELETED] 11653836
If you remembered to save the score, then it works. If you end up with fewer than 4 measures per system, then you need to do something to make the measures smaller. When I want to use a fixed number of measures per system, i usually pres ctrl+a then { about 10 times to make the default measure width as compact as possible. If this doesn't allow for 4 measure per staff, you either need to rethink what you're doing or reduce the scaling in the Page layout.
To get max systems per page, you need to play with the Min and Max system distances in the style dialog to find a setting that prevents info on systems from running into each other but keeps them as close together as possible. In version 3, data from one system should never run into another. I would never worry about this until all data is entered into the score.
In reply to If you remembered to save… by mike320
Understood, Mike. Thanks for your very welcome advice. I'm gradually getting used to the way MuseScore works. Glad to see you agree that the singular of staves is staff :)
In reply to Understood, Mike. Thanks for… by [DELETED] 11653836
Staff is typical of Americans. Stave is the British term. I sometimes make the plural of staff be staffs, though I'm not sure that's correct.
In reply to Staff is typical of… by mike320
Mike, you're a fountain of knowledge but I'm going to have to contest that. In my time at RCM (London), in the early fifties, I was very forcefully told by my contrabass teacher Izzy that "a man can carry one staff or two staves but he cannot carry two staffs or one stave".
In reply to Mike, you're a fountain of… by [DELETED] 11653836
I did say that I thought using the plural of "staffs" in my opinion was a bit dubious, but Merriam-Webster online doesn't think so, see https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staff
BTW, I love the contrabass and have written more music with that in mind than any other instrument.
In reply to I did say that I thought… by mike320
But it also restrictes the plural staffs to not include musical ones
In reply to I did say that I thought… by mike320
Regrettably, Mike, my advancing years (88 next month) and associated arthritis have prevented me playing my beloved bass which now sits in pride of place in my sitting room, much loved but never played.
In reply to I did say that I thought… by mike320
After further in-depth investigation I find that the latest version of OED agrees that the musical term for the five parallel lines can be 'staff' or 'stave', and the associated plurals are 'staffs (formerly staves)' or 'staves'. I bow to the pundits who write for the OED but hope I will be understood if I continue to refer to stave and staves.
In reply to After further in-depth… by [DELETED] 11653836
It's natural for a Brit to call it a stave. Many other Europeans learn their English from Brits, so stave and crotchet and so on are seen often in these forums. The OED includes us Americans because we do actually speak English, though it might be a little different that England's.
In reply to Staff is typical of… by mike320
Staff/staves in en_US, stave/staves in en_UK
In reply to I mean number of systems… by [DELETED] 11653836
By applying a page break, found in the Breaks and Spacers palette
In reply to By applying a page break,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Well noted, Jojo. Thanks. Between you and Mike320 you're giving me a good newby's insight into MuseScore