how do I make solo part score without hiding empty staves?
how do I make solo part score without set 'hide empty staves', since I want to leave other empty staves of my score?
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Open the solo instrument's part. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/parts
In reply to Open the solo instrument's… by SteveBlower
sorry for lack of information. I'd like to insert solo part at the midst of the entire score, like a cadenza of piano concerto. but this affects whole measures(whole score), right?
In reply to sorry for lack of… by Alice Oborozuka
so..I want to do like this...inserting solo part but with leaving empty parts in other measures.
In reply to so..I want to do like this… by Alice Oborozuka
Just leave the staves empty that you don't want to see and then hide them.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/showing-staves-only-where-needed
In reply to Just leave the staves empty… by SteveBlower
sorry but I'm afraid I couldn't understand it 🤯..could you specify more exact procedure? I guess "Hide when empty option to Instrument for each of the staves." it's what I'm looking for. but it still hide all empty staves after set it and I couldn't understand what I was doing wrong...
In reply to Just leave the staves empty… by SteveBlower
"Just leave the staves empty that you don't want to see and then hide them."
I don't think that it's as simple as that. The illustration shows that apart from this solo passage, the full score does display empty staves (see the string parts on the left-hand page)
The OP said:
" I'd like to insert solo part at the midst of the entire score, like a cadenza of piano concerto. but this affects whole measures (whole score), right? ... so I want to do like this...inserting solo part but with leaving empty parts in other measures."
And I think that means creating the piano solo part as a separate score, so that there is a PDF for only that section. The piano solo would need the measure numbering to be increased to follow on from the last measure number of the orchestral section. Then the full score would need to continue as a third separate score, with measure numbering and page numbering increased to allow for the insertion of the piano solo page(s).
Assembling three PDF files into a single PDF can easily be done with a free tool like PDFsam Basic:
https://pdfsam.org/download-pdfsam-basic/
In reply to "Just leave the staves empty… by DanielR
My interpretation of that picture is that the pages follow each other consecutively. There already is a three stave piano part on the full score (left) page. From the second bar after rehearsal mark 20 the piano is the only instrument shown playing. It continues on its own onto the next page and no other instruments are shown. You can also see that other instruments are not shown in systems when they are not playing. There are two systems on the first page. In first system you can see Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon above the piano. In the second system you can see the Flute is not playing and is not shown.
If empty systems are really needed to be shown for some non-playing instruments but not others then currently you need to resort to adding invisible text items in each empty measure that you want to be shown to trick Musescore into thinking the measure is not empty.
In reply to My interpretation of that… by SteveBlower
> adding invisible text items in each empty measure
I think not in each measure, but at least in one measure of the staff on the current page. Then the whole line is displayed, even if it only consists of rests. That's how it is in 3.x.
In reply to My interpretation of that… by SteveBlower
I believe that Alice Oborozuka's wish can be fulfilled.
You have to put the system breaks and also page breaks in the right place so that the instruments that are to be hidden are all on the same page - here the piano solo part.
Staff texts that are to cancel the hiding of the line must be visible, otherwise it won't work. I would recommend a dot, if necessary you can reduce the font size to 1pt.
In reply to I believe that Alice… by HildeK
oh those text tricks...I wanted to find more efficient ways since I have already hundreds of measures. but also I understand if this is the best way to trick. thank you for your advice!
In reply to "Just leave the staves empty… by DanielR
thank you. assembling PDF could be also nice. but I think SteveBlower and HildeK gave me also a good option that can work only inside the MS. thanks though!