how to open two scores at once
i want to open two scores at once , but every time i try to do that i only manage to open a new score in a new WINDOW. i'd like to open two scores in the same window, so the top part has two scores which allows me to switch to and fro. thanks!
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MuseScore (as of v4) opens a separate instance of the program for each score.
Use MS3.7 and you can split the screen horizontally or vertically and load multiple scores to each split. You can even view 2 different parts of the same score in each split.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/viewing-and-navigation#display
In reply to Use MS3.7 and you can split… by yonah_ag
Just to satisfy my curiosity:
Is it possible to open the same file in two instances in MuS 4 so that you have the same options as in MuS 3 with the split screen display?
(I can't use MuS 4).
In reply to Just to satisfy my curiosity… by HildeK
No :-(
In reply to Yes by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh, my email notification said "Yes". :-)
(Sure, you corrected your first answer, that's totally fine!)
But then that's also a step backwards for using the program.
In reply to Oh, my email notification… by HildeK
I tried it, and a 2nd instance opened, I wrote yes, then saw that the 2nd instance hadn't loaded any score...
In reply to I tried it, and a 2nd… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's similar to many other applications where it's not possible to open the same file two times. What you can do though is to make a copy of the file you want to work on and give it a new file name. Then you can open both. Just be careful which one you edit.
In reply to I tried it, and a 2nd… by Jojo-Schmitz
I can also understand why: Two instances would both have the ability to write to the same file without the other being able to receive the update.
In MuS 3 with the split window, the file is actually only opened once and changes in one window will also appear directly in the other. Synchronous changes are not possible with two instances.
I could have figured that out myself ... :-)
In reply to I can also understand why:… by HildeK
You can open the same score twice, of one instance it the PortableApp (and that got started before the installed version). But of course they compete on changes, the last one saving wins