How to change volume of one staff?
I cannot seem to make it so my bass staff is lower in volume than my treble
staff, because I cannot hear any treble staff so I can't tell if it's right
or not and I'm currently transposing a song from it's music video since there
is no sheet music online that's free, and it's kind of fun, but I just need
to figure out a way to lower the bass staff volume without lowering that of
the treble staff. Thank you.
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Have you tried using the Mixer controls https://musescore.org/en/handbook/mixer ?
In reply to Have you tried using the by Shoichi
I have but it is a piano score
In reply to I have but it is a piano by Kainxjm
Use different Dynamics on each hand. e.g., f (for right hand) & mf (for left hand)
In reply to Use different Dynamics on… by Jorgecalder
You must set the dynamic range to staff rather than part in the inspector for this to work. I don't know if this existed in 2016.
In reply to I have but it is a piano by Kainxjm
Yeee... I think Musescore is not able to do that yet in linked staves like piano or harp for example. It will probably be a feature in V4 though. For now you could try doing an alternative: create 2 piano staves but not linked, then use a bracket to make them look like they must do in a standard piano score... I don't know if it will work but try if you want.
In reply to Yeee... I think Musescore is… by [DELETED] 32872726
It is possible in MuseScore 3.x (and I think 2.x too, not sure about 1.x), the default for dynamics and hairpins is 'Part' though (i.e. the entire instrument, like both staves of a piano, all 3 of an organ), but can get set to "Staff" (or "System"), via Inspector
In reply to Yeee... I think Musescore is… by [DELETED] 32872726
Linked staves on a piano or harp are quite uncommon. A linked staff puts the exact same notes on both staves. The primary purpose of this is to have one be standard music and the other be tablature. The staves on a piano or harp can be completely independent and have their own dynamics as long as the dynamic range is adjusted as I said.
In reply to Linked staves on a piano or… by mike320
Well, here I take 'linked' to mean, 'additional staff to same instrument' and @lothes to just use a wrong or misleading term. 'Real linked' staves don't make any sense in this context. And I don't think those would have different dynamics in MuseScore 4.
In reply to Well, here I take 'linked'… by Jojo-Schmitz
With the two clear options in the instruments dialog I wanted to make sure there is no misunderstanding. Lothes does not seem to understand the difference since he suggested making 2 piano staves but not linked and then gave directions on how to make two instruments look like 1. I would be surprised if linked staves ever allowed for different dynamics.
In reply to With the two clear options… by mike320
Wait- So I'm not sure then what linked staves are but their concept sounds useless: if 2 staves are linked then you can simply just not have them linked and copy.
I thought that connecting 2 staves with a bracket, under the same instrument, made them linked.
In reply to Wait- So I'm not sure then… by [DELETED] 32872726
What you describe is what the add staff button does. As I said, a linked staff shows exactly what another shows. It's usually used when you want a standard staff (like piano notes) and a tablature (TAB) staff for plucked instruments where the musician doesn't read music. This tells them which fret to place which finger on which string.
In reply to What you describe is what… by mike320
Oh, well I'm not familiar with such, but I get it.
In reply to Oh, well I'm not familiar… by [DELETED] 32872726
If you want to see it in action, create a solo guitar piece from the template with Guitar + Tablature. Enter notes in the staff with a clef and see the tablature automatically fill in.
If it is a piano score, by default both have the same volume, and the Mixer won't help because it uses the same channel for both staves. But you can select all the notes of one staff (eg, select the whole staff, then hit the Notes button in the Inspector) and use the Inspector to reduce the Velocity of those notes.
In reply to If it is a piano score, by by Marc Sabatella
>But you can select all the notes of one staff (eg, select the whole staff, then hit the Notes button in the Inspector) and use the Inspector to reduce the Velocity of those notes.
This works when the MuseScore Basic profile is activated, but when I have the Muse Sounds profile activated, changing the velocity has no effect.
OS: Manjaro Linux, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.0.2-, revision: github-musescore-musescore-
In reply to >But you can select all the… by [DELETED] 151255
Correct, Muse Sounds does not yet support this. BTW, note that this thread is talking about MuseScore 2, not 4.