Formatting Issues in Musescore
This is a problem that I first encountered working with orchestral scores. if I set the 'Extra Distance Above Stave' to a certain value in 'Stave/Part Properties', that by itself is fine. However, when I then change the stave size from Format-Page Settings, that value is affected. Is this intentional, and if so, why does it do it in such an odd way. If I increase the stave size, the extra distance decreases, and if I decrease the stave size, the extra distance increases.
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The extra distance above staff is specified in staff space units (sp), as is pretty much everything in MuseScore or any notation program.
In reply to In order to understand and… by Marc Sabatella
The other comment explains my query. Musescore is changing the sp to keep the same actual distance, which is intended behaviour. It just irritated me that if I had to scale the score up or down, I had to change the values each time
In reply to The other comment explains… by [DELETED] 31545243
Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe it was something fixed since the version you are using, but I don't see that those values changing in 3.5 Beta. I set a value of 3sp and it stays there as I change the sp value.
In reply to Maybe I'm missing something,… by Marc Sabatella
Ah, probably #188061: Values in sp unit don't remain unchanged after changing spatium
I believe those values are counter-scaled to try and keep the actual (absolute) distance equal. If the scaling is reduced by 20%, the staff space above value will counter-scale.
I'm not sure why this is so, but it seems to be intended behavior currently.
In reply to I believe those values are… by jeetee
I can confirm this is no longer the case in 3.5beta