How to add space between specific systems only?
I want to do something shown in the picture. Adding more space in between specific systems only. Would like to ask how do I do this?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
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See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/frames and https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/breaks-and-spacers#spacers
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
Frames does it for me, nice, thanks.
Breaks and spaces didn't make the cut, I tried to use staff spacer up, it works, it just doesn't 'push down' the first system. It seems all systems can be 'pushed' except the first one.
In reply to Frames does it for me, nice,… by tanhongzhi
The staff spacer up does work on the top system - sort of. For some reason (a bug?) it doesn't work if you have a frame above the first system. If you have no frame it pushes the top system down once you have extended the spacer as far as the page margin.
If you want text between your spaced out systems, then frames are definitely the way to go as the text can be added to the frame.
In reply to The staff spacer up does"… by SteveBlower
I tried again on a new score. Doesn't work still. I even added the staff spacer up on every bar in the first system and push up extended over the page margin, doesn't work. I'm on musescore 3.5.
In reply to I tried again on a new score… by tanhongzhi
As I said, it doesn't work if you have a frame above the top staff. The title is inside a frame. You can see the dotted outline of the frame in your picture. Click on the edge of the frame to select and then delete it. Now the spacer will work. But really it should work even if the frame is present. I would expect the stave to start moving when the spacer touches the frame or if not that, when it touches the page margin.
It's probably not worth reporting the bug for 3.6.2 as that is not going to be updated, but see if the behaviour is the same when MS4 Beta comes out and if so, report it against that. (Or try a nightly now and report it against that.)
In reply to As I said, it doesn't work… by SteveBlower
I just noticed, you say you are on MS 3.5. I recommend updating to the latest 3.6.2. There are many bug fixes. Unfortunately not the "spacer up" bug it seems.
In reply to Frames does it for me, nice,… by tanhongzhi
Frames are what you want anyhow, because that's presumably where you'll place the text shown in your picture. A text frame will both give you a placeto type the text and add space for it. Use the Inspector also to set the gap above/below, set that as the style default if you like also.