System break without time and key signatures at end?
I'm putting together a "score" containing one- and two-measure basso ostinati taken from pop music. I want one ostinato per line, which is generally working just fine. I separate them with a system break, wrap each with repeat bars, specify the key and time signature, and set the tempo. However, I don't like seeing the key and time signature of the /next/ ostinato at the end of each one. Is there any way to get rid of that? The last thing I want to see at the end of a line is the end repeat.
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Format >Style >Page
Uncheck "Create courtesy key signatures"
Uncheck "Create courtesy time signatures"
In reply to Format >Style >Page Uncheck … by underquark
Thank you so much. That worked great. There are just SO many options. I wouldn't have even known what to search for.
If these are meant to be separate excertps, not one piece of music to be played straight through, better to simply use section breaks instead of system breaks. Then the courtesy signatures are automatically suppressed, but also other good things happen, like measure numbers are reset, a pause in inserted during playback, etc.
In reply to If these are meant to be… by Marc Sabatella
I tried section breaks early on, but MuseScore inserts the pause at the end of the last measure, not after the end repeat of the last measure. Got that? So, for a one-measure ostinato, around which I have wrapped repeat bars, MuseScore plays the measure, pauses, plays the measure a second time, and pauses again. I would want play, play, pause, not play, pause, play, pause.
In reply to I tried section breaks early… by dplong
Right, that's known bug. But since what you're doing doesn't pause at ll, you can still use section breaks and get that behavior, just set the pause to 0 in the Inspector. You'll still get all the other benefits of section breaks.
In reply to I tried section breaks early… by dplong
See #32696: Section break causes pause before repeats and jumps during playback
(You could also just select the key [or time] signature in the next system and then uncheck
"show courtesy" inside the inspector...)