Musescore 4: Cutaway staves take up full space
Hi,
New to MuseScore, even newer to version 4.0 (on Windows 10).
I'm working on a large orchestra score that midway requires a temporary 2nd staff for the 2nd violins.
To get rid of it elsewhere, my guess was to use the cutaway stave function (with right-click or from the Instruments palette). But, though the staff is hidden, it still keeps taking as much space as before.
Even if I knew how to manually reduce the gap (which at this stage I actually don't...), the instrument's name and the bracket are still left "hanging" absurdly between the 2 staves.
The only way to get what I'm aiming at visually is to put the extra staff to "sleep" in the Instruments palette:
But that is obviously throwing out the baby with the bath water...
I haven't found anything like "Optimise layout" in MS4 either. Overseeing something?
Thanks in advance for your attention.
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Comments
You could try other ways to hide staves. https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/showing-staves-only-where-needed
In reply to You could try other ways to… by bobjp
Thank you very much, bobjp. I'll study the alternatives.
Anyways, come to think of it, a cutaway function that eats up score space permanently and doesn't manage brackets properly needs an urgent fixing.
Hard to say from just pictures, but I'm guessing you didn't also set the staff to hide when empty. Same Staff/Part properties dialog - set "Hide when empty" to "Always".
In reply to Hard to say from just… by Marc Sabatella
A while ago I gave up following the layout of the holograph and joined in a single stave the divisi Violin II in that passage. It seemed just too much of a hassle for mere 5 bars in a 328 bar-piece.
Couple of days later I’m quite sure I would have found a solution (yes, probably along the lines you suggest). It’s been quite a steep learning curve and I’m much more confident in MusicScore’s hidden potential!
“Hidden” to me, because the still very meagre handbook for MS4 had rather put me off, I admit. But in truth, you guys have already given so much serious thought to so many aspects, musical, ergonomic! It’s a fantastic project and I’m very happy to be around & witness it develop!
Anyways, thank you for your concern, Marc. The attentive and friendly tone in this forum adds a nice human touch to the whole undertaking!
In reply to A while ago I gave up… by AValente1685
Glad you've got it working. FWIW, though, while certain parts of the Handbook are still unfinished, this particular page is actually quite detailed:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/showing-staves-only-where-needed
In reply to Hard to say from just… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you!