How to use the Liturgical Unmetrical template
I have been searching through the help files to find information on using this template. Is there a special section for this topic?
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What specific questions do you have? Producing unmetrical music isn't just about a template, it's also about combining and splitting measures to get the music to lay out the way you want in terms of where the line break are, etc. Can you attach your best attempt so far and explain what you'd like to do next?
In reply to What specific questions do… by Marc Sabatella
Well essentially where to start or what to do. I normally don't work with something like this. Here is my attempt using the Liturgical Unmetrical Organ template. Which probably is correct which is why I was looking through the help files to find the best way to approach this.
@Don9of11, a starting point? ;-)
But it's better not to use the Grand Staff.
In reply to @Don9of11, a starting point?… by Shoichi
This looks like what I am after but don't assume I know what you know.
In reply to This looks like what I am… by Don9of11
;-)
Press i select your Instrument;
Add X measures, Ctrl+A->Tools/Measure->Join;
Input notes;
Tools/Measure->Split measure before last selected note/rest;
Select the measures in excess->Ctrl+Del.
HTH
Edit.
See: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/note-input#note-input-modes ->Insert
In reply to ;-) Press i select your… by Shoichi
Okay, I finally got a moment to look at this. Thank you for all the examples. I tried to do this on my own but there must be something I didn't do or step I missed.
In reply to Okay, I finally got a moment… by Don9of11
Instead of hiding the time sig you can disable it, it is a staff property.
You'd need to use a slighly smaller scaling, like 1.653mm rather than 1.753mm in order for that one measure to not 'bleed' into the page border
In reply to Okay, I finally got a moment… by Don9of11
You cannot enter more words into a word processor than a row can contain. You will need to change the page settings... https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/page-settings
Landscape or scaling
In reply to You cannot enter more words… by Shoichi
Okay, here is my latest attempt. I want to use the portrait layout, so I reduced the page settings. However, this make the lyrics extremely small and I would prefer a 3 stanza layout as in the original PDF. Perhaps this is not possible. They way things are now, correct me if I am wrong; MS sees two measures and we crammed into one measure 36-8th counts and 7-8th counts in the last measure.
If I want a 3 stanza layout, is it just a matter of joining and splitting measures?
In reply to Okay, here is my latest… by Don9of11
You're gonna have to compromise...
In reply to Okay, here is my latest… by Don9of11
By "stanza" I think you really mean "system". So yes, split the measure where you want the systems to break. They might still fit on one line by default, but then just add a system break. The goal will be to end up with one measure per system, so you want your measure breaks to be where you want your line breaks to be. You don't need your music to be anywhere near as small as you have made it.
For example, the original breaks in the middle of the word "believers", so split your measure there too, and add a line break. It fits just fine at the original (default) staff size.
In reply to Okay, here is my latest… by Don9of11
As Marc stated, split measures and add breaks as per your pdf score.
Then...
From the Barlines palette, add the 'Tick 2 span' and 'Short 1 span' where needed.
In reply to As Marc stated, split… by Jm6stringer
Thank you, I really appreciate everyone's assistance; it sure makes the learning curve a little easier.