Help with lead sheet with treble and bass
I want to make a lead sheet with both treble and bass lines. I know, most jazz lead sheets have a single line, for just the melody. Humor me. I tried using the Jazz Lead Sheet template to get a single line with a treble clef, then using Instruments choice to bring up the instrumentation, obviously just Piano -> Treble clef. There's an "Add staff" button below the Treble Clef entry, and clicking on the '+' does exactly what I want, except it's another treble clef, and seems to give me no way to make it a bass clef.
I'm sure I'm overlooking something obvious, please help. Thanks!
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Does select the clef in the score that you want to change, then select the base clef in the clef palette work?
Or when you add an instrument, select a bass instrument instead.
In reply to Does select the clef in the… by bobjp
See, I was right, I was overlooking an obvious answer. Because I had the Instruments panel open in the place where the Palettes would normally be, I didn't see there was a Clefs palette. I feel dumb now. Thanks!
Strange ...
If I do the same (using MS 3.6.2):
creating new score
choosing 'Jazz Lead Sheet' template
finally I get a single piano sheet in treble clef
then I press 'i', select 'Staff 1' and 'Add Staff' and finally I get a bass clef.
Of course one can change the clef for any staff later using the clefs palette.
i must be just as noobish. I have jazz sheet 4/4 time in the key of G. In the middle of page 1, i would like to add a treble/bass for piano for 1 or 2 lines, and then revert back to my jazz, single treble line. i can't seem to get this to work. My MS version is fairly updated, 4.1.1.2320xxx. Do i need to start with a typical piano score, and then.. i do not have the steps down. really confusing. sometimes when i use the 'hide' empty lines, it really makes my score sheet ugly as rocks. in the palettes tab, there is Palettes, Properties, Instruments tab, i choose the instruments tab. I have attached a sample piece. This is somewhat what i am trying to do, but it's not turning out well. When i add a piano, MS adds another treble line to the first line AND the 3rd line. 2 things, i cant seem to control where the 2nd treble line goes, and then it becomes a treble and not the typical piano bass cleff.