Large sizes on page - 8 measures per page
Because i want to make reading music easier for me I want to format the page in landscape and show just two lines, 4 measures per line, on the page. So just 8 measures per page. This will make everything very large. I'll have a lot of pages but can reformat as I learn the music.
How do I do that?
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Maybe study the handbook?
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/formatting
The Handbook is indeed the way to learn how to do that and more. Meanwhile, the short answer is, add system breaks every four bars via Format / Add/Remove system breaks or manually for any selected measure by pressing Enter, and page breaks by hitting Ctrl+Enter.
In reply to The Handbook is indeed the… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, the Handbook is the correct answer, and I don't take offense with the RTFM answer, as I've thought the same in other contexts.
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In reply to Yes, the Handbook is the… by krauster
You wrote:
I want to format the page in landscape and show just two lines, 4 measures per line, on the page.
This will make everything very large.
The handbook may seem TLDR, so to get you started...
Here's a 'regular' score:
Home on the Range.mscz
Here's a large landscape:
Home on the Range_large.mscz
To zoom in/out you can scroll up/down with the mouse scroll wheel while holding Ctrl (Mac: Cmd).
You can compare the two scores to see the settings differences in:
Format > Page settings... look at 'Landscape' and 'Staff space'.
Format > Style > Page -- look at distances.
To break a line of music, see:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/systems-and-horizontal-spacing#syst…
To break to a new page:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/pages-and-vertical-spacing#page-bre…
You can also click on elements (like text, measure numbers...) and compare settings in the Properties panel located to the left of the score: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/properties-panel
One other thing...
If you need large print for sight issues, you might be interested in:
https://musescore.org/en/tutorials/modified-stave-notation
In reply to You wrote: I want to format… by Jm6stringer
Thanks. An amazing amount of configurabilty.
In reply to Thanks. An amazing amount… by krauster
Yes, for special formatting requirements configurability is key.
For 'regular' songbook-style notation, MuseScore works well out of the box.
Although, when you create a score formatted with all the intricacies you need, it can be saved as a template so that you can start a new score from scratch with the same settings applied.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/templates-and-styles#templates