Width of measure
Hello,
I would like to have the first bar of a staff exactly 6cm (in my case 40sp) wide. How can I achieve this?
Greetings, Pentatonus
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Hello,
I would like to have the first bar of a staff exactly 6cm (in my case 40sp) wide. How can I achieve this?
Greetings, Pentatonus
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There is no facility for specify widths in absolute terms, just increase or decrease stretch until it's where you want it.
That said, depending on what else is going on with the measure (eg, is it empty or not?) and with the rest of the system (what is their content like?_ you might be able to fake this by inserting something in the measure that you can calculate to be exactly 40 sp wide, and positioning it in such a way that autoplace does what you'd want. if you attach your actual score, we can understand and advise better.
In reply to There is no facility for… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for your reply, Marc. I have already feared it. The stretching/stretching is very tedious because I would have to print it first and measure if the bar has the right "length". Attached is the file and a picture of how I would like it.
![MeasureWidth.png]( "MeasureWidth.png")
In reply to Thanks for your reply, Marc… by Pentatonus
At a zoom setting of 100% and provided MuseScore got the DPI settings of your screen right, you could also measure directly on screen.
I fail to understand though why it has to be exactly 6 cm, why e.g. 5,9 cm or 6,1 cm isn't close enough?
In reply to At a zoom setting of 100%… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi Jojo, thanks, this should do the trick.
Yes, my dpi setting is correct. I had not thought at all to measure it on the screen!!!!
Please don't ask why it has to be exact 6cm ;-)
In reply to Hi Jojo, thanks, this should… by Pentatonus
The thing is, the reaono is very relevant to any suggestions given. For example, if it's because you are then going to create a graphic of this to include in some other document, one answer would be, simply size the graphic after taking the screen shot. Another might be, set the page width to be exactly 8 cm with 1 cm margins, now the measure is always 6 cm. Without knowing more about the actual real world problem you are trying to solve, it's hard to know what other suggestions might turn out to be useful.
Thank you for all your thoughts. The tip from Jojo helped. I measured the bar on the screen with a ruler and compressed it a bit CTRL+{ so it is exactly 6cm.
You can use frames, math and a spacer to get your result with good accuracy (0,0025mm off) as per the attached score and steps:
https://musescore.com/jeetee/fixed-width-measure
In reply to You can use frames, math and… by jeetee
That's way too complicated!
In reply to That's way too complicated! by Pentatonus
It all depends on how crucial that 6 cm is to you, as Marc stated: "The thing is, the reason is very relevant to any suggestions given."
In reply to That's way too complicated! by Pentatonus
How about this?