Creating an opera score
In creating and opera piano/vocal score you may have just the piano intro for a few pages, and then have a solo passage with piano, and then have half a page with two vocal parts leading to a trio of voices all with piano accompaniment with four bars of just piano in the bass. The formatting, as far as I can figure out, does not allow this as a continuous document. I realize you can format hiding unused lines but this does not solve the problem of switching from one solo vocal staff to two or more vocal staves without causing a lot of confusion. Is there a solution to this? Many thanks for any help.
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In a continuous view there's nothing such thing as an empty staff, a nothing to hide
In reply to In a continuous view there's… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the reply but this does not answer my question. On page one I want just the piano intro, on page two I want to add the vocal part mid way down the page to continue until page four where a new vocal line will be added with only piano accompaniment in the bass, etc. I don't see a way to do this without having all the staves visible from the beginning.
In reply to Thanks for the reply but… by Jan Powell
In continuous view there is nothing page 1, 2, etc.
In reply to In continuous view there is… by Jojo-Schmitz
I think by "continuous document," @JP simply meant "one score," not "continuous view."
Nevertheless, there should be no problems--create the score file with as many parts are you will need, max--when not in use, they should remain hidden (meaning, just not appear). (You can adjust this in the staff/part properties--"hide when empty: always," " . . .never," etc.) If, for instance at the start of a trio section, you want more clarity, consider using a section break--that way, all parts will appear with full instrument/part names, not the short forms.