4 measures per line
Hello
How do i set up a score to have 4 measures per line??
seems everytime i start a new score it has 18 measures per line....
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How do i set up a score to have 4 measures per line??
seems everytime i start a new score it has 18 measures per line....
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Use Format->Add/remove system breaks.
For the record, though, it's only 18 measures when those measures empty. They automatically respace themselves as you add notes. So adding the system breaks isn't normally necessary, unless you have a special reason to want exactly four measures per line (common in lead sheets and music for children, mostly).
In reply to For the record, though, it's… by Marc Sabatella
thank you
yes writing studies for my students!
My sheet looked crammed and terrible until I did this:
go to FORMAT then STYLE then MEASURE and change the
MINIMUM MEASURE WIDTH...I changed mine to 20.00 to achieve 4 or 5 measures per line depending on your score.
just fiddle with it a little, and it will work and print out nicely!
In reply to My sheet looked crammed and… by Jorie Fradella
You can do that, but the results are not actually optimal. If you want looser spacing, you will get more consistent results more easily by inserting line breaks, for example with Format / Add/Remove Line Breaks. or increasing the Spacing parameter in that same dialog, which will increase things proportionally. Increasing the minimum measure width will result in uneven spacing with the line.
In reply to You can do that, but the… by Marc Sabatella
Ok thanks, will keep that in mind for future work, but Didn't notice that it caused any uneven spacing on this particular sheet.
In reply to You can do that, but the… by Marc Sabatella
I have the opposite problem. I have some pages with one measure per stave. There is no system or page break.
In reply to I have the opposite problem… by Clayton P. King
If you attach your actual score instead of just a picture, we can understand and assist better. But probably either there is a break you need to remove, or else there are simply too many notes to fit given you current staff size and style settings.
I'm making a sheet of separate "licks" or "Lines". My first line has four measures. I'm trying to get rid of the other measures of rest MuseScore adds (5 of them). I've tried to put in a "Break System Every Four Measures" but nothing happens. I've tried deleting the measure and nothing happens. Isn't there a simple way to delete the left over blank measures at the end of a line? And yes, I play jazz and we like 4 measures to a line also.
In reply to I'm making a sheet of… by smatlanta
Tools, delete empty trailing measures
In reply to Tools, delete empty trailing… by Jojo-Schmitz
That was a fast reply and it worked great. Thanks!
I also am trying to get 4 measures per line (or 5 measures per line, or any specific number of measures per line). I removed system breaks, but I still get 3 measures in some lines, 4 in others. This is for a lead sheet and original file was an .xml sent to me from my piano teacher who uses Finale. But even if I start my own score I can't figure out how to get an set number of measures per line - the software seems to adjust as it sees fit.
In reply to I also am trying to get 4… by Tandemrx
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/page-settings#scaling ?
In reply to I also am trying to get 4… by Tandemrx
The reason you get only 3 measures in some lines is because there are so many notes/rests in the measures that only 3 will fit between the page margins. To get more you need to do one or more of:
Select a larger page size
Use narrower margins
Use a smaller scale spacing
All those settings are found at [Format]>[Page Settings]
Once you have adjusted those setting to get at least 4 measures per line you can then set system breaks every 4 measures at [Format][Add/remove system breaks].
In reply to I also am trying to get 4… by Tandemrx
As mentioned above, if there are no breaks and you get only three measures, that must be all that actually fits given your current settings, so you will need to change one or more settings. If you attach your score, we can do a better job of guiding you to the specific settings you need to change - those details can different from score to score, especially for scores that come from MusicXMl import where the original settings could are not under our control.
In scores you create yourself, Format / Add/Remove System Breaks will set breaks every four bars, and in most cases that's all you need, the default setting should allow "most" lead sheets to fit four bars pert line. but if your song is mostly sixteenth notes and/or has a lots of lyrics, you might even so need a smaller font to fit four measures on some systems.