How to edit number of measures in a system?
Hi,
I'm trying to adjust the number of measures in a system to even things out. For example, I'd like to move one measure from the start of one system back to the end of the previous system. How would I do that?
Many thanks in advance!
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Use system breaks: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/breaks-and-spacers. If a measure doesn't match into a system, it's for example possible to decrease the stretch of the measure (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/layout-and-formatting#layout-stretch) or decrease the scaling (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/page-settings#scaling).
In reply to Use system breaks: https:/… by kuwitt
Thanks Kuwitt for your reply.
I have tried decreasing the stretch of a measure, but it only adjusts the width of the measure within the same system, it doesn't move a measure to the previous system.
At the moment I have one system containing just two measures, I'm trying to add the two measures to the previous system.
In reply to Thanks Kuwitt for your reply… by egik357
Did you also decrease the scaling? Also possible is to decrease the spacing of measures in format->style...->measure. But there's a limitation of space depending on the elements a measure contains.
Maybe better is to attache the score for further help.
In reply to Did you also decrease the… by kuwitt
@egik357, also check that there are no breaks https://musescore.org/en/handbook/breaks-and-spacers
In reply to Thanks Kuwitt for your reply… by egik357
If you only decrease stretch on the single measure, the others might still take up the entire system width. When wanting to squeeze measures onto the same system it works best when you select all of them at once.