Choral responses
Hello,
I am writing choral responses and for this need one unmetered stave, and then a double stave, metered and possibly with a different key signature, for SATB on the same level on the page.
Example: on the left side - cantor with one liturgical note, and the text "O lord, open thou our lips" below that one note; on the right the choir parts on 2 staves with the text "And our mouth shew forth thy praise." Etc.
Or is that a feature that already exists?
Thanks
Friederike
Comments
This sort of thing can be done, but it is very tricky. The basic trick is "hide empty staves" once you get it all right, and the staves you don't want will disappear. You have to insert a system break ("Breaks and spaces") at the end of the systems where you want them. You can get "unmetered" measures by inserting notes in "insert timewise" mode to make the measure have an "extraordinary number of notes." Here's a score of mine where I do stuff like that: https://musescore.com/bsg/scores/5346131 There are many other diabolically manipulated staves and systems in my "Tutorials" set, e.g., here https://musescore.com/bsg/scores/5135642 .
In reply to This sort of thing can be… by [DELETED] 1831606
Thank you for your examples. They are not quite what I am looking to achieve. Example here:
In reply to Thank you for your examples… by Rikelein
Instead of system breaks, separate them using horizontal frames
In reply to Instead of system breaks,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes ;-), and above @Rikelein what I've used in the experimental score below:
In reply to Yes ;-), and above @Rikelein… by kuwitt
And if it isn't known: to insert more words inside the lyrics under the same note use "Ctrl+space bar"
Not really. But (it's a little bit tricky) with some workarounds it's possible.