costum satff only for an x number of bars
I am writing a piece for choir and soprano solo, I need for the choir to have sometimes a different number of lines other than 5 (as seen here: https://youtu.be/DGovCafPQAE?t=128).
I understand that I can change this in "staff/part properties" but I only need to do this in a limited number of bars. I have searched the documentation but haven't found any answers. I am currently using musescore 3.4.
any help will be appreciated.
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Add an Instruments then hide empty Staves may be a way.
In reply to Add an Instruments then hide… by Shoichi
It doesn't solve the problem, as i would have to use one over the other, i couldnt change it for one bar in the middle of a page.
In reply to It doesn't solve the problem… by JRSV
Attach an example of what you want to achieve
In reply to Attach an example of what… by Shoichi
Thanks Soichi, but again, it's not precisely what I want, you can not change it in the middle of a staff. see the video example provided to have a better idea of what I want. Maybe its not possible in musescore, which is a shame because its something crucial in contemporary music
In reply to Thanks Soichi, but again, it… by JRSV
Separate the by horizontal frames, make those 0 width
In reply to Separate the by horizontal… by Jojo-Schmitz
thanks, I really think this needs more work. this is not a straight forward solution.
I found this, https://musescore.org/en/node/22930, but can't manage to make it work.
In reply to I found this, https:/… by JRSV
Maybe it doesn't work anymore in MuseScore 3, see #300754: "Hide empty staves" doesn't take effect after horizontal frame, which is using a very similar mechanism
These tricks & hacks haven't been needed since MuseScore came out and added the "Staff Type Change" element ("S" icon) on the text palette. After adding this where you like, use the Inspector to change its properties. So, number of staff lines, the offset, which pitches they are supposed to represent, etc. Also the scale, whether or not to show barlines, and a numebr of other properties can be changed on the fly in this way.
In reply to These tricks & hacks haven't… by Marc Sabatella
Ah, yes, completely forgot about that
In reply to These tricks & hacks haven't… by Marc Sabatella
ooook!! so it's through the "edit element" thanks, that is what I did not get. I will keep at it to figure out exactly how I can accomplish what I want.
In reply to ooook!! so it's through the … by JRSV
As a mater of point of view in adventures in music education, what do different numbers of staff lines(or any lines at all) mean in this type of notation?
In reply to As a mater of point of view… by bobjp
you usually break a staff format when you abandon a convention, in this case, a tempered pitch structured line. see (Morton Feldman cello pieces). an early important example would be Schoenberg and his "Sprechstimme". also refer to the video example from Berio's Sequenza (posted in my original post).