Adding Third Stave mid-way through score with clef
I am trying to write something that has a third stave for the last few bars. I've done this a few times by selecting the option to hide unused staves. This option will, however, draw the whole line if there are notes on it when I only want the last few bars to be drawn. When making the empty bars on this line invisible, any clefs in those bars are also made invisible.
I have also found that the option to hide unused staves still leaves the stave drawn at the start of the piece and even when making it invisible it still takes up the space it took before making a large gap in the score.
Is there any way to achieve the effect shown below in musescore?
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Something like that?
select measures with no notes and make them invisible, see: https://musescore.org/en/node/46236
In reply to Something like that? See:… by Shoichi
Actually it's much simpler now, just go to Staff Properties and set "Hide when empty" to always and turn on the "Cutaway" option.
In reply to Actually it's much simpler… by Marc Sabatella
Ahh, I never knew about the cutaway option. Thank you!
However, this removes the bass clef that is just before the first visible bar. Is there a way around this other than just moving the bass clef to inside the bar?
In reply to Ahh, I never knew about the… by ZazzedCoffee
Is there a way around this other than just moving the bass clef to inside the bar?
Here's one way...
In reply to Is there a way around this… by Jm6stringer
Hopefully a solution is on its way, but just a tip to force a measure visibility: instead of a fake note, insert a staff text and paint it white (or alpha transparent).
Invisible text doesn't work but you can use a white/transparent text, and you can drag this text to a palette so you can reuse it later
In reply to Hopefully a solution is on… by elerouxx
I tried the text method, didn't work. The staff lines are still there. Put some text in a rectangle frame, same problem. What am I doing wrong?
In reply to I tried the text method,… by loluores
You need to hide empty staves to make empty visible staves disappear. The text trick makes the staff not empty so it doesn't hide.
To hide empty staves use Format->Style, choose Score and check "Hide empty staves"
In reply to Is there a way around this… by Jm6stringer
A bit of work, but a very clever work-around!
In reply to Is there a way around this… by Jm6stringer
A bit of work, but a very clever work-around!
In reply to A bit of work, but a very… by wfazekas1
Put it in a palette and it's only work once, after that you can apply it like any other text from the palette. I suggest you right click this text when it's in the palette, choose properties and check the "Draw Staff" option so it will look like something rather than an empty cell.
In reply to Ahh, I never knew about the… by ZazzedCoffee
Apply the bass clef to the first not of that measure rather than to the measure (or staff)
In reply to Apply the bass clef to the… by Jojo-Schmitz
That puts the bass clef inside the bar - which was not wanted.
In reply to That puts the bass clef… by Jm6stringer
But better than none and easier to achieve
In reply to But better than none by Jojo-Schmitz
True.
Also see: Cutaway staves - better handling of clefs, barlines and brackets (suggestion)