Measure Spacing
Can someone tell me how I can work with bar spacing? I want there to be 4 measures per line. How do I do this? I am so confused!
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Can someone tell me how I can work with bar spacing? I want there to be 4 measures per line. How do I do this? I am so confused!
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As you enter all your notes, measure size will self adjust depending on content. For example, a 4/4 measure filled with 16th notes will be wider than a 4/4 measure containing two half notes.
Afterwards, you can use menu item: Format > Add/Rmove System Breaks,,, and set it to 'Break systems every 4 measures'.
This, of course, means that 4 measures can actually fit. If 4 measures cannot fit, you may get some systems with fewer than 4 measures. It depends on the score.
In reply to As you enter all your notes,… by Jm6stringer
yes. As Jm6stringer says, first input all the notes before you worry about this.
Aftwards, you can use the "Add/Remove System Breaks..." option as described above, or you can just select the barlines where you want the system to break and press Enter.
And when you only get three measures to fit, you can use the '{' key to decrease the streach of the measures to try to fit more measures. see here in the handbook.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/measure-operations#layout-stretch
In reply to As you enter all your notes,… by Jm6stringer
I have tried this and it doesn't work but I know that it's way too stretch out...
In reply to I have tried this and it… by katiesongstress
Then share the score
In reply to Then share the score by Jojo-Schmitz
good idea. i have never done it before... here it is. As you can see there are some lines where there is only one measure
In reply to good idea. i have never done… by katiesongstress
woops this one should be more up to date
In reply to woops this one should be… by katiesongstress
It is too large for 4 measures per system, the best you can get is 2 per system, with an odd single one at the end
In reply to woops this one should be… by katiesongstress
With a smaller scaling you can get it to 2 pages, 3 measures in the 1st system and no single one
In reply to With a smaller scaling you… by Jojo-Schmitz
how did you do that
In reply to how did you do that by katiesongstress
Format > Page settings, reduced the space setting from 1.75 to 1.55
Removed the system breaks
Applied Style > Stretch > Reduce stretch several times
Same above, except for the space setting change
In reply to Format > Page settings,… by Jojo-Schmitz
this was so helpful. thank you so much!!
In reply to this was so helpful. thank… by katiesongstress
Jojo wrote
> Format > Page settings, reduced the space setting from 1.75 to 1.55
This is the setting in the page setting dialog appearing in the Scaling box. You change the size of a "staff space", but this value is used as a reference value in many places to scale the whole score consistently.
Most people here in the forums refer to this as changing the scaling.