Page layout
Anybody got some info on how to layout the page structures better than I can?
I currently have a composition that has only 5 bars on the first line.
Most of the other lines have 7 bars per line, but the final page 3 has only 2 bars left over printed on it.
If I could shuffle two extra bar onto the first line, the composition would fit nicely onto two pages.
Advice would be appreciated.
Cheers.
Andy
Comments
Hard to tell without seeing the score itself, but check https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/layout-and-formatting#increase-decr…
Generally speaking, unless you added system breaks, MsueScore fits as many measures as is physically possible onto each system given your staff size and measure spacing settings. If it's only possible to fit 5 bars on that first system, I wouldn't assume squeezing two more onto that would be a good idea. Probably better to find a way to get one more there maybe, but find some other system that can handle another bar. And usually the simplest way is, just reduce one of those two parameters - staff size (Format / Page Settings) or measure spacing (Format / Style / Measure) and let MsueScore figure out how to fit things for you. Once you get it less than three pages, you can always add system breaks to fill things out better.