Why can't I have 4 measures per line on 16 bar song?
Hi, lately I've been having a hell of a time breaking every X measures. I've made hundreds of Musescore lead sheets and arrangements and never had as much trouble as I've had the past couple weeks. Maybe my settings were toggled?
Anyways, I'm writing out a 16 bar lead sheet but can't have 4 measures per line. I can have 2... but I think it looks a little silly. I've tried decreasing stretch and staff space. When I toggle the staff space just right I can get 4 bars per line... but the music is so small you'd need a microscope to read it.
This can't be impossible to do... right?
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It could be impossible if this lead sheet has a lot more notes or lyrics or something else that makes the minimum width of measures so wide that 4 will not fit on a system without shrinking it too much. If you attach the score someone could look at it and possibly give you other options.
In reply to It could be impossible if… by mike320
Thanks for the response! Here's the file if anyone looks here.
Here's the file if anyone can help.
In reply to Here's the file if anyone… by TheInkSpots1939
I see four measure per line when I load that score. In fact, while you have the stretch reduce quite a bit across the whole score, even if I reset it, it still fits four per line.
In reply to I see four measure per line… by Marc Sabatella
I guess that's because you reduced the staff size. It's not actually all that tiny, but smaller than one might prefer I agree. Still, even if I reset the staff size to the default (1.764mm), and reset the stretch, I get three measure per line, and then reducing stretch a single notch gets it back to four.
So, I can only wonder if you attached the wrong score? This one seems to fit four per line quite easily.