Unlink staves
Something odd has happened to the staves of one particular piece since I installed MS 3.6. Part of the original piano treble stave has somehow migrated into a separate piano bass staff, and that is now coupled to the voice staff. Unfortunately I don't have a backup. Maybe it isn't wholly or even partly due to 3.6 -- I may have fumbled somewhere myself.
Anyway, it's a nuisance because I want to be able mute the vocal line for singing practice purposes. I have been hunting through the MuseScore handbook for a way to disengage the unintendedly linked staves without success. If I can unlink them it would be good enough for present purposes. How can I do that?
tia, Vic
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Try pressing I, add the instrument you need, Copy and paste the notes. Then press i again select the staff you don't need and delete it.
In reply to Try pressing I, add the… by Shoichi
Thanks, that makes it possible to mute the vocal line when needed.
But the score is still quite a mess, because the unintended double system remains on top of the vocal staff, and it still contains part of the piano treble. I presume it must be possible to cut-and-paste that part into the "actual" piano treble below, without deleting what is already there. Then I could just delete the unwanted double staves. Can you suggest how to do it?
In reply to Thanks, that makes it… by vic joseph
As you said. Add (i), copy and paste, delete. You can attach the score here and someone will take a look.
In reply to As you said. Add (i), copy… by Shoichi
I'm satisfied! The Instruments panel was new to me, but with a bit of experimentation it became clear that it has the necessary tools to reorganize the staves. I've ended up with an extra piano treble staff above the regular compound piano staff, but at least they are all tidily stacked underneath the lyrics and the vocal staff. I won't even try to implode the two piano treble staves because they are full of complications (multiple voices, tuples, hand-crafted arpeggios etc.) so I expect a lot would be lost by blending them. The replay sounds good enough for my present purposes. Not suitable for accompanists, alas.
Shoichi, thanks for you help!
Vic