Format changes
I'm having difficulty editing a score...had these problems before but seems much more difficult to deal with on multi-instrument scores.
Basically I make a very small change - add an accidental, delete a note - and whole arrangement of the score changes. Things jump to different lines etc.
I've attached a couple of photos. The 1st shows 3 bar section. When I delete the quaver towards the end of the second bar, it is replaced with a rest but the whole justification of the score changes. I really can't see why changing a quaver for a quaver rest should have such a big impact on layout. This means that things like expression text often end up in odd places.
This project is getting a big big, but its getting hard to change anything because any change sends bars onto different lines.
Must be doing something wrong....any advice??
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Photo 1.png | 287.1 KB |
| Photo 2.png | 464.47 KB |
Comments
I don't see any removed quaver (8th note)
But relayouts can happen any time you add or remove something
In reply to I don't see any removed… by Jojo-Schmitz
You wrote:
I don't see any removed quaver (8th note)
the OP states:
I really can't see why changing a quaver for a quaver rest should have such a big impact on layout.
It does seem like a miniscule change to produce a big result.
In reply to I don't see any removed… by Jm6stringer
Auh, not the last quaver of that measure
In reply to I don't see any removed… by Jm6stringer
It's not surprising at all. The width of the measure changed by only a millimeter or so, but it was just on the edge of being able to fit a third measure, and that was the millimeter that broke the system. So once a new measure came up to that system, this created more room on the next system for another measure, and so on. Perfectly normal in music notation.
It's tough to understand from just a picture - an actual score and precise steps we can follow to reproduce the problem would help more. But in general, it's totally normal that edits to a measure can make it narrower or wider, and that will affect how many fit on a line. That's not some obscure quirk of MuseScore; it's just plain physics. It's the same way how sometimes if you go back and edit a line of text you typed, your edit might sometimes change where the word wrap occurs.
If you find it disorienting to have things flow in this way, switch to Continuous View instead of Page View while making these sorts of edits.
But also, if you've attached your text correctly - to the specific note it applies to - then it should correctly follow that note if the layout changes. If you have a case where you think something is amiss, then here again, we'd need to see your actual score rather than just a picture in order to understand and assist better.
I know what you mean about things jumping around. I would suggest that you finish the score. Than if things are not as you like, you can make final layout changes.
I'll have a look at the continuous mode.....think that may help!
Thanks for suggestion.