Unlink multimeasure rests between staves
I would like to create four different staves with differing multimeasure rests occurring at the same time. Currently, when I choose a group of measures resting in stave 1 (6 measures), all other staves in the piece link together with a multimeasure rest that is 6 measures long. How do I independently separate each stave so I can have multimeasure rests that are different at the same time, like stave 1 = 6 measures, stave 2 = 9 measures, stave 3 = 3 measures, stave 4 = 12 measures?
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It is not clear what you are trying to do.
Breaks in multimeasure rests are not linked between score and parts other than for score wide elements that require them - e.g. key changes, double bars etc. Indeed, it is not normal to have multimeasure rests shown in a score. This means that the length of multimeasure rests in parts are independent of each other.
If that behaviour is not meeting your needs, please explain in more detail what you are hoping for. If what you are hoping for is present in published works and not currently doable in Musescore, then it would be useful to make it a feature request.
In reply to It is not clear what you are… by SteveBlower
Thanks for your response - look at the example attached (this is not my score just an example from online). The S, SS, and A parts all follow the same multimeasure rests (4, 9, 9, 11). Currently, Musescore automatically links the multimeasure rest in one part to all other parts of the score on all staves. I want my score to allow for different multimeasure rest lengths between parts, where S = 4, SS = 10, A = 12, etc., so that each stave is actually indepedent.
In reply to Thanks for your response -… by joeylatka
No, sorry, I am still not sure I understand what you are hoping for. Can you make a mock up - even hand drawn - of what you want the score to look like?
In reply to Thanks for your response -… by joeylatka
Your parts can have different multimeasure rests, but the score must have bars that line up so that the conductor (or composer) can read it.
In reply to Your parts can have… by underquark
Thanks again for your responses - look at the quickly drawn example that shows what I would like to achieve.
In reply to Thanks again for your… by joeylatka
Currently, when I try to change just my Alto part to a 9 bar rest, both the Soprano and Alto part change.
In reply to Currently, when I try to… by joeylatka
Yes, they do on the score where both Soprano and Alto parts are present, but if you open the separate parts for soprano and alto you should see that the soprano part has a 6 bar rest but the alto part has a 9 bar rest.
In reply to Yes, they do on the score… by SteveBlower
Sorry, what do you mean open the separate parts?
In reply to Sorry, what do you mean open… by joeylatka
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/parts
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by SteveBlower
I see, not quite there but maybe something I can work with. Thanks again for your help.
In reply to Thanks again for your… by joeylatka
That doesn't save any space though, contrary to what mmrests are about
In reply to That doesn't save any space… by Jojo-Schmitz
I understand - I'm not concerned about saving space in this case, I'm interested in achieving that look. Is that currently possible, or not?
In reply to I understand - I'm not… by joeylatka
No. MMrests span only measures that are empty over the entire system
In reply to No. MMrests span only… by Jojo-Schmitz
Gotcha, thanks again all for your responses.
In reply to Gotcha, thanks again all for… by joeylatka
And you never get multimeasure rests in a score - if you did it would mean that nothing at all was happening for those empty bars.
In reply to And you never get… by SteveBlower
I know what it means.