Last System Fill Threshold
Trying to prevent measures on there own on last line from stretching.
I've set Last System Fill Threshold to 100% but the last measure still gets stretched somewhat as can been seen from the attached. I know of the workaround by appending a horizontal frame but shouldn't the 100% threshold setting prevent stretching completely ?
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Set it to 0 or something smaller than 30 (the default), seems 18 and smaller works
In reply to Set it to 0 or something… by Jojo-Schmitz
OP is trying to prevent stretch. Setting to 18 and smaller? Are you sure?
Zero guarantees stretching the measure. Yes?
In reply to OP is trying to prevent… by Jm6stringer
Yes, in this case.
If the OP doesn't want it to spread accoss the entire page, just use the 30% default setting. But 100% is having the effect of 'never spread'.
In reply to Yes, in this case. If the OP… by Jojo-Schmitz
Just to clarify in case I've caused some confusion, 'never spread' is what I want so 100% is the setting I need. My problem was even with 100% I was getting some spread and Marc has explained why.
In reply to Just to clarify in case I've… by rothers
Ok, so I misunderstood, thanks for clarifying
Spread across entire page if it (unstrched) covers more than [threshold] percent. So 100% is the wrong etting.
In reply to Spread across entire page it… by Jojo-Schmitz
It is easier to control the width of the last system if you append a horizontal frame (which will act as invisible padding) and play with its width.
All measures get stretched to some extent normally - if they weren't, your score would have a ragged right margin. So most measures are already wider than their minimum possible width. If you don't use a hozitonal frame - normally recommended in cases like this - to explicitly control the spacing in that last system, MuseScore applies a small default amount of stretch to prevent the measures on that last system from appearing narrower than the average measure.
Your score is a little unusual in that because you have so many measure crammed into that first system, they actually aren't being stretch as much they normally would, so the small amount of stretch MuseScore applies to the last system by default ends up overshooting the average.
In your score, really,. you shouldn 't be trying to make that last system narrowed. You should simply add a system break to balance the two systems better. That is, instead of 10 measures plus pickup on the first system, and only two on the second, add a break after bar 6 so it's 6+6. Or perhaps two breaks, 4+4+4 across three systems - that's actually how most professional editors would do this, since it also matches the four bar phrase structure.
In reply to All measures get stretched… by Marc Sabatella
Many thanks, I didn't realise Musescore applies a small default stretch to last system measures such as this, that's what had me confused.
Somewhat OT, but "Dirty old Town" was written by Ewan Mcoll rather than the Pogues as credited in that score. It has been covered by the Pogues and also by numerous other artists.