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I have 3 clefs. Top is treble, bottom 2 are piano treble and base.
On the Style -> Ceneral -> page where I adjust the distances between clefs
Which matches which distance?
There are 3 distances to try to get correct.
Using Staff distance, Grand staff distance, Mn system distance, Max system distance?
I don’t know what these mean.
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Staff distance is the distance between 2 instruments
Grand staff distance is the distance between staves in an instrument with multiple staves (such as the piano)
System distances are the distances between systems. Each time a new line of music starts is a new system. If you have only one instrument, each line is a new system. If you have multiple instruments as in your example the system distance is the distance between the last instrument in one line of music and the first instrument in the next line of music.
Min and Max are used to attempt to help space out systems over an entire page and help prevent text or notes from one running into text or notes on the other. Max should always be larger than minimum or you will get very strange results and you will end up posting the score here because it's not what you want.
In reply to Staff distance is the… by mike320
Thanks for the partial explanation.
Is a treble clef one instrument in the language you use?
I still don't understand it. I have 3 what I think you call clefs.
Top is treble clef, next is a treble clef, next down is base clef.
the bottom two are tied together by the thing on the left carrying the word piano
I'm still not clear on the meanings of all the words:
System, system distance, staff, staff distance, grand staff distance, instrument.
You did a good job starting the explanation.
Might need to start from no information already given.
In reply to Thanks for the partial… by hill0093
If you press i the instruments dialog box will appear. The right side will look something like this:
As you can see this score has a flute on the treble clef (one instrument) and a piano with both a treble and bass clef (one instrument).
Each line with these two instruments in my score is a system. For the purposes of the settings you were talking about, the staff distance is the distance between these two instruments. I'm not sure if English is your first language and many musical terms do not directly translate from one language to another, so I hope this helps some.
In reply to If you press i the… by mike320
You didn't tell the definition of the word "line", but
the flute is one line and the piano is the other line, right?
so the two systems are flute and piano.
The other word I don't know the meaning of is "stave".
In reply to You didn't tell the… by hill0093
The flute has one * staff (written in treble clef) and the piano has two (Normally with one written in treble clef and one in bass clef). When I referred to a line of music I meant an instrument. A native speaker would understand what I mean even though it probably isn't the best word.
* staff is the American word and stave is the English (from England) word. Staves is usually the plural (more than one) of both staff and stave though you may see an American use the word staffs as the plural.
As I said earlier, MuseScore, for the purposes of spacing, refers to an instrument with any number of staves as a staff (used in staff distance) in the General dialog. Though the terminology is not correct is does give the proper idea of what is meant, but does sometimes cause people to be confused by grand staff distance.
In reply to You didn't tell the… by hill0093
When I adjust the system distance, the distance between the
bottom base clef and the top treble clef of the "system"??? below changes.
so you might have a definition incorrect.
In reply to When I adjust the system… by hill0093
In my first response I think I referred to a system as a line of music, thinking about the line break that starts a new system. Like I said, a line of music is not the best choice of words.
Sorry if I was not clear at first with this answer, you are correct that the distance is between the bass clef and top treble clef. The bass clef is part of the last instrument in the system and the first treble clef is the first instrument in the next system.
I don't want you to think there must be a bass clef as the last staff of a system. If you have five saxophones as all of the instruments in a score, the five saxophones will make up a system. Saxophones are all written in treble clef.
In reply to [inline:Nomenclature.png] by Jm6stringer
That is a very beautiful and useful explanation. I copied it to my computer for future use.
At the top word where yours says flute, mine says piano because of where I got it.
Can I change that word to voice without changing anything else?
In reply to That is a very beautiful and… by hill0093
You can download the png file and modify it however you wish in whatever image editing app (e.g. Paint in Windows) you have. If you mess it up, you can always return here and download it again.
I used flute + piano to keep consistency with mike320's example.
Regards.
In reply to That is a very beautiful and… by hill0093
"At the top word where yours says flute, mine says piano because of where I got it."
If your work is already in MuseScore, you can easily change not just the word but also the generated sound to be a voice. Right-click on the instrument description to the left of the top stave, and then choose "Stave Properties...". On the popup screen, click the button marked "Change Instrument..." - you will find "Voice" in the section titled Vocals.
In reply to "At the top word where yours… by DanielR
Ah yes, that "top word" could mean either flute or piano. It's more likely he wants to change the word in his score.
Regards.