Decrease Stretch Doesn't Work
I have three non-adjacent measures, each of which takes up the entire width of the page. I have tried to decrease stretch on each one by highlighting the measure, pressing Shift + { (left curly bracket) repeatedly with no effect. Holding down CTRL while doing this changes nothing. I have also tried highlighting the measure then pressing Format then Stretch then Decrease but that just makes the blue highlighting disappear from the measure. There is no line break before or after any of the three measures. What am I doing wrong? I would post a screenshot if someone would obligingly tell me how to do that.
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See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/page-settings#scaling
The screen shot probably wouldn't help much. You need to attach the score.
Indeed, you need to attach the score, not a screenshot. Just look right below where you type your reply and click the "Choose a file" button.
In reply to Indeed, you need to attach… by Marc Sabatella
Here's my unfinished score and the problem (page-wide measures) still persists in Measures 117, 130 and 131. There are no breaks before or after these measures. I've tried using CTRL+{ and Format›Stretch›Decrease Stretch. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this? (I'd also like to shrink other measures that have only two measures in one line, such as Nos. 111, 128 and 134.) Thank you. SUN_IS_SHINING.mscz
In reply to Here's my unfinished score… by Mertz
In measure 117 I selected the measure and clicked the notes button in the inspector (F8) and changed the leading space to -.25sp, m130 -.5 sp, m131 -1.5 sp, m132 -.5 sp
Just some things to consider if it doesn't make the measures too crowded for you. Another possibility would be to open Format->Page settings and reduce the scaling a little. I actually prefer to reduce the scaling.
In reply to In measure 117 I selected… by mike320
Thank you, mike320. I need all the help I can get.
In reply to Here's my unfinished score… by Mertz
For some reason you have a very high minimum note distance set in Format / Style / Measure. Set that back to the default using the reset button and your problems should go away.
In reply to For some reason you have a… by Marc Sabatella
Marc, my hat's off to you for your elegant solution. "I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks...
Here's a supplementary answer that might help someone. I had the same problem with a piece imported from PDF (always brings obscure problems). One measure was massively stretched and none of the shortcuts, format settings, measure (bars) styling made any difference. Eventually, I inspected the Properties - Appearance of each measure and found that the Offset values were unset (they displayed as '--' instead of a numerical value). See attached screenshot. Setting these back to zero on all affected measures cured the problem.
I haven't attached the score because I'm not sure of the copyright position if I distribute it (I hold a licensed copy of the printed score).
In reply to Here's a supplementary… by charles-lambert
The “--“ doesn’t mean they are “unset”, just that the selected elements are not all set to the same value. Probably some were at defaults, others had inappropriate offsets.