Adding staff lines
I am a MuseScore starter and are creating my first score.
How can I add a new staff line? I have started a score for Guitar and arriving at the end of
the first staff line with adding notes, I want to go further. But how do I add a new staff line?
Cannot find this in the handbook.
Comments
You don't want to add staff line, you want to add measures. See Measure operations .
Then you may want to break a staff line after X measures, check Break or spacer
In reply to You don't want to add staff by [DELETED] 5
I do not understand both solutions. Starting with the first one: How do I
get a new staff line when, after completing the last measure with notes and want to have a
second staff line under the just completed one. Reading ‘Measure operations’ did not
shew any light to my humble brain.
The ‘breaker or spacer’ option is, after reading the handbook on that subject even more obscure to me.
In reply to I do not understand both by JoeAlders
If you want to extend your score timewise you have to append a measure (Ctrl+b). If you want to add a staff line for another instrument, look at "add instrument" ("i") .
In reply to Add Instrument? by [DELETED] 3
The problem is not how to append a measure, that I know how to do that.
The problem is that I want to add a new (empty)staff line below an existing one
with the SAME instrument (in my case a Guitar) and simultaneously omiting
that Guitar label. If I use 'i', yes I can add a new instrument but I do not need that.
In reply to The problem is not how to by JoeAlders
Is the piece you are writing for two guitars ? or only one ?
If it's for two guitars, add a second instrument, and just edit the instrument title.
If it's only one guitar then add more measures, select a barline and press return to add a line break.
In reply to Is the piece you are writing by [DELETED] 5
At last! Yes it is only for one Guitar.This was the ''golden' advice.
In reply to The problem is not how to by JoeAlders
The instruments dialog also allows to add a staff ("Add Staff" button) to an existing instrument.
In reply to Add Staff by [DELETED] 3
It is still a problem for me to simply add a new staff line when I have arrived at adding the last note in the last available staff line. In the attachment, the actual score: a piece for ONE guitar.
Lasconic wrote:’select a bar line and press return to add a line break’, but when I select
the last bar in the last staff line of the score and give a return nothing happens.
Werner wrote:’the instruments dialog allows you to add a staff (“add staff button”), but this adds another guitar to the score in stead of adding just one staff line.
In reply to It is still a problem for me by JoeAlders
If I understand, you wish to add more bars on a new staff.
1. Append the bars.
2. Follow previous advice as to how to limit the size of the 1st staff (staff break). Musescore can only draw the number of bars you ask it to - it cannot "draw a staff" if the bars are not there.
Regards,
In reply to It is still a problem for me by JoeAlders
The attached file has a comma at the end (Prelude03.mscz,). I'm not sure this is the right file.
However, if this is the right file, here there are 24 full measures in the firs page and other 7 empty measures in the second page. A stupid question: did you see the second page?
Antonio
In reply to Two pages by antoniomarchionne
Antonio, I did not notice a comma. I only thought that I had added a page break.
And yes, I suddenly noticed that extra page when I looked at the bottom left of the score.
Do not know how I added that page but I somehow managed to remove it.
For the adding staff line problem, I first add an extra measure to the last staff line,
select the bar line between that empty measure and the preceding measure. Then give
a return and there it is…… the new staff line.
I cannot understand why this must be so complicated. Why not simply give a return
when arriving at the end of the staff line to create a new one.
In reply to Antonio, I did not notice a by JoeAlders
The comma isn't in the score, it is at the end of the filename. I'm not a developer, but I know that MuseScore temporary files are preceded by a period and followed by a comma like ".Prelude03.mscz," and so I wasn't sure that the uploaded file was the correct one.
In MuseScore, as you wrote, you can append measures (shortcut "Crtl+Shift+B") and the program automatically spread these measures on the sheet. Sorry, no other possibility at this moment, but you can insert line break and page break in order to manage the layout.
One suggestion: if you have a score with only one or two measures on the second page and you want a one page score, you can resize the score elements (Layout - Page settings - Scaling"), reduce page margins (Layout - Page settings") or add less stretch to one or more measures.
Best regards
Antonio
In reply to Antonio, I did not notice a by JoeAlders
For an explanation of page breaks and system breaks see Break or spacer in the handbook.
Could you explain what you mean by "Why not simply give a return when arriving at the end of the staff line to create a new one"?
In reply to For an explanation of page by David Bolton
David, I mean that after you have entered the last note of the current staff (there is only one yet),
the cursor should jump over this note staying for the end bar. Then by just hitting 'Enter' there should
simply appear another one under the just completed one.
In reply to You don't want to add staff by [DELETED] 5
No my friend he dont want to add measure.He want add NEW LINE in existing TWO lines Piano rihgt hand and left hand. a man need one more line in same part. So dont answer if you dont know. Keep quiet.
In reply to No my friend he dont want to… by Gagadaan
And this one in 8 years old...
In reply to No my friend he dont want to… by Gagadaan
And actually, read again, you'll see it was never about piano right and left hand at all but about guitar music. Which is to say the information provided was exactly correct.
In reply to And actually, read again,… by Marc Sabatella
God, indeed 8 years old!
And you are absolutely correct Marc.
But...... MuseScore is still a GREAT program!!