How To Make In-Between Lines Of The Staves Invisible?
I want to make in-between lines of the staves invisible. They'll look like rectangular boxes.
So that I'll be able to write chord degrees of chord symbols there.
How to do that?
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What 'in-between lines'? You mean barlines connecting staves? If see see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/barlines#connect-barlines (and do the opposite)
In reply to What 'in-between lines'? You… by Jojo-Schmitz
I mean a staff of which only visible lines are E4 and F5.
In reply to I mean a staff of which only… by zanshin777
So you mean barlines, right? Or staff lines?
In reply to So you mean barlines, right? by Jojo-Schmitz
Staff Lines. Not Barlines.
What about clefs - probably not needed with only 2 staff lines?
![Staff boxes.png]( "Staff boxes.png")
Do you mean something like this?
In reply to What about clefs - probably… by Jm6stringer
Yes It looks great. How did you do that?
In reply to Yes It looks great. How did… by zanshin777
Just set the staff to only have two lines, in Staff Properties (you can also set the spacing there).
In reply to Just set the staff to only… by Marc Sabatella
Staff Properties :
Staff Line : 2
Line Distance : 4.00sp
When I do that "Treble Cleff" goes under the staff like that.
In reply to Staff Properties : Staff… by zanshin777
It's not clear why you'd want a clef if there are no notes, I'd recommend turning clefs off. But anyhow, seems you've done something wrong, the clef should be still on the staff, if not exactly where you'd want it. better to attach actual scores than pictures, so we can understand and assist better.
In reply to It's not clear why you'd… by Marc Sabatella
Sorry about unclarity.
You can check out Jm6stringer's entry above. He shared an image. But he didn't tell how to do it.
In reply to Sorry about unclarity. You… by zanshin777
Doing what I said should have worked. Once again, if you want us to understand what you did wrong, we'd need you to attach your actual score, not just a picture of it.
In reply to Doing what I said should… by Marc Sabatella
Sorry, I misunderstood you.
Here I attached the file.
In reply to Sorry, I misunderstood you… by zanshin777
Looks like you're using an extremely old version of MuseScore, this will limit you in terms of what's possible and how easy it is to do what is possible. Still, it is possible to get the results even in that older version.
In the current version of MuseScore (3.1), the clefs are positioned better by default, but as I said, there is really no reason for you to be showing clefs at all here - in fact, it's just confusing and misleading. So, right-click the staff, Staff Properties, uncheck "Show clefs". All of your rests are displaced for some reason as well, best to select them all (right-click one, Select / All Similar Elements) and reset them with Ctrl+R to avoid problems that can result from this.
I see you've also used "rehearsal marks" for the Roman numeral analysis, that causes problems as that is not what these are for. In the future, better to use staff text for this, then you won't need to manually adjust everything to workaround those problems. You can customize the style settings to make everything positioned perfectly by default with no need to manually adjust anything. In 3.1, for instance, you would manually position one such text, use the Inspector to get the size and other attributes as you want, then hit the "set as style" buttons next to any fields you customize so all staff text comes out the same way (or one of the User styles for this).
In reply to Looks like you're using an… by Marc Sabatella
2.0.3 to be exact. Not exactly extremly old, but way olderen than neccessary. Update to at least 2.3.2 if you want to stay with MuseScore 2, or indeed (and additionaly) install 3.1
In reply to Looks like you're using an… by Marc Sabatella
Ok. I installed MuseScore 3.1 now.
As you see I use "Staff Text" for both;
a) Representing roman numerals of chord degrees and It's placed on the staff lines.
b) Notes about everything and It's placed above the staff lines.
How to set two different specs for the purposes a) and b) in a single MuseScore Sheet for Staff Text?
In reply to Ok. I installed MuseScore 3… by zanshin777
Actually, your score does not use staff text for Roman numerals, as I said, it uses rehearsal marks. Using staff text would be much better.
As we have explained previously, t have different styles of taff text in the same score, simply use the Inspector to change the text style to one of the User styles, which you can then customize. However, in this case, I'd recommend using system text for the text you want placed above the staff. That way you can continue using staff text for the Roman numerals, and in just a matter of seconds, have everything set up perfectly in a way that means you'll never need to perform manual adjustments for any of this again. Just:
1) enter some text above the staff using system text, customize its appearance as you like using Inspector, then press "set as style"
2) enter one Roman numeral using staff text, move it onto the staff with the arrow keys or Inspector, customize its appearance, hit "set as style" everywhere it is enabled (including "Offset" and "Minimum distance"
Then if you have other text you'd like to have a different appearance than either of these, you can possibly use "Expression Text" (Ctrl+E), or just use staff text but use the Inspector to assign it one of the User styles.
Another possibility is to use Lyrics for the Roman numeral analysis, if you aren't using them otherwise.
In reply to Actually, your score does… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you very much Marc Sabatella for the detailed answers.
In reply to I enter a chord "Am" then… by zanshin777
I see originally you posted something else asking questions about the process, so let me clarify.
I would recommend entering all chords first, then all Roman numerals - it will go faster that way. Both because you can enter the chord symbol extremely quicky (just space Space to go to the near beat or tab to go to the next measure then enter another, etc). And if you save one such score to your Templates folder, then those settings will be there by default in every score you create from that template - no need to load styles into new scores. You'd only need to load a style to use this approach for scores you've already created, and you'd do it only once per score.