Notating several percussion parts
How can I produce something like in the attached picture? There are two percussion parts that each play several different instruments, and there is a single staff for each percussionist that changes between 1 and 4 lines throughout the score, as they switch between different combinations of instruments.
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Use a "Drumset" instrument to get the multi-line staff. Create however many different configurations you need, then use "HIde empty staves" so only the one you are using at the time shows up.
In reply to Use a "Drumset" instrument to by Marc Sabatella
this doesn't really work, because when a player will need to switch instruments, the number of lines needed changes part way through a system.
It would be ok to have the same staff type along any given system for example I think, but when you hide the empty staffs, and start to adjust spacing etc, you cant predict what bars would need to be written on what combination of staves. in some places for example 4 lines are required only for a couple of bars, where as most of the previous and subsequent bars only need 3 lines
also if I have a seperate staff for each combination for each player, there is the issue of how do I hide all but one combination on the first page (all instruments should be on the first page, even if they are empty, but only two staffs for the percussionists)
In reply to this doesn't really work, by JFrost
if you need to switch mid-system, insert a horizontal frame (and make that very narrow), then 'hide empty staves' should work even in that case
In reply to if you need to switch by Jojo-Schmitz
This does not work either:
the redundant additional staffs are still present on the first page
the staffs do not line up accross a horizontal frame
even with a frame width of 0 spaces, the bars of each staff sit next to each other
a bar number/clef etc is displayed following the frame (even if set to invisible still offsets notes etc).
In reply to This does not work by JFrost
untick 'don't hide empty staves on first system'
In reply to untick 'don't hide empty by Jojo-Schmitz
there are other instruments, it is for an orchestral score, their empty staffs need to appear on the first page
In reply to there are other instruments, by JFrost
You could plant an invisible / silent note in the first measure of the staves you need to remain even though they are empty.