instrument names, shift right

• Dec 24, 2024 - 15:09

Does anyone have a clue, how can one shift the Instrument names right when making the score a bit tighter?

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• Dec 24, 2024 - 15:47

By default instrument names should right-align automatically:
Instrument_names_right_align.png

Have you used a horizontal frame to contain the instrument names? It's unnecessary.
If you need more help, please attach your score (the .mscz file).

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• Dec 25, 2024 - 16:21

As stated, it looks like you have used a frame to enter the instrument names and this is not necessary as the instrument names should be entered using Stave/part properties. Please attach the actual score. Please also say exactly what you mean by moving the instrument names to the right and shortening the score.

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• Dec 25, 2024 - 16:54

I didn't use the horizontal frame to add the instruments (those were added automatically by MuseScore), but I rather used the horizontal frame to add some white space on the left of the score.

Again, my request and wish is to have the left white space (empty) of that passage, and take the instrument texts, with the bar lines.

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• Dec 25, 2024 - 19:50

You wrote:
> ...I rather used the horizontal frame to add some white space on the left of the score. <

Okay, so you added some white space:
white_space.png
You wrote:
> ...my request and wish is to have the left white space (empty) of that passage, and take the instrument texts, with the bar lines. <

What does that mean?
You can delete the horizontal frame and have the white space gone, and the instrument texts moved::
no_white_space.png

--OR--

As you originally wrote:
> ...how can one shift the Instrument names right when making the score a bit tighter? <

Use Format > Style > Score and under 'Enable indentation on first system' increase the value of 'First system indentation'. It will tighten the score and shift the instrument names to the right:
Indentation.png
The image above has 'First system indentation' set to 30.00sp.

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• Dec 25, 2024 - 21:10

Indeed "Enable indentation on first system" does the trick for the first system.
Yet, I'd like to apply the same thing on one of the further systems. How would this be done?

I didn't find a way and hence ended up adding this vertical frame, as in my example - and created another problem ^ ^

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• Dec 26, 2024 - 02:54

You wrote:
> I'd like to apply the same thing on one of the further systems. How would this be done? <

Use a section break from the Layout palette.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/using-sections-multiple-movements-o…
...and pay careful attention to the properties that you can adjust.

The system you mention will indent if the relevant box is checked in the Properties panel:
Section_break.png
Also, other parameters can be set depending on whether that system is, for instance, a continuation of the same score and you don't want a playback pause (then set it to zero), and you don't want long instrument names displayed (then uncheck the long instrument name box).

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