Staff text moves when I create parts
When I make parts, any staff text I have entered into the score and re-positioned will be moved back into the original position (where the cursor first appears when I click ctrl + T). Any staff text I want to appear below the staff, and anything else I have carefully positioned, now appears back into this spot. This is particularly annoying because I like to use staff text to enter trills (tr), dynamics (f ; p ; pp etc) and editorial [brackets] (which I apply to articulations, ornaments and note heads).
Here is a bar of notes which show all the problems I am having.
staff text.mscz
Is there something I should be doing differently so that this doesn't happen?
Thanks,
P.S. I made my own dynamics by selecting one of the dynamics already given in musescore, deleting it and then typing a letter in normal font. Previously when I create parts, the text properties of these dynamics have automatically changed to staff text properties and moved to the top of the staff. Perhaps it is a feature of 2.03 that the properties remain that of dynamics text? Either way, it has still moved from the position I would like.
Comments
Elements (notes, rests, text) can have default properties, they can have properties that you set and that are then saved with that element or they can have actions done to them (e.g. moving about) that are saved in the score but not with the individual element. When you move stuff about you are only altering the appearance of that score and when a part is generated it is redrawn using default and saved properties of the element. To get the element's properties into the part you have to edit the element by right-clicking on it and adjusting its properties (e.g. vertical offset) and then those properties will be carried over to the part.
I don't see why you need to make your own dynamics as MuseScore has most that you will need. You can change the properties of a dynamic (by right-clicking) and drag the new dynamic to a custom palette for future use. I have dynamics for above-the-score, for instance for piano-vocal pieces.
In reply to Elements (notes, rests, text) by underquark
Thank you, that will take some getting used to, but it works well.
I prefer my dynamics to be in plain font, instead of bold italics because I mainly typeset early music and I think simpler is better. I haven't been able to change the font by selecting "text style", but I can save the properties I want into a custom palette using the same method as the other elements.
Thanks again.
In reply to Thank you, that will take by Kaspar
The default dynamic markings are not ordinary letters set in a special font; they are special characters. That is, the "mf" marking is not literally the letters "m" and "f", but instead, special characters that have that specific look. Most fonts don't provide those characters, so that is why changing to a normal font won't help - those characters won't be found, so we'll continue to use the ones from the default font. So the slution of creating your own is best.
Here's how I would put it:
Manual positioning is meant to be specific to the score or part it appears in, because the *reason* for doing the manual adjustment usually won't exist anywhere esle. Eg, you might move some piece text in the score to avoid a note on a ledger line from the staff above it, but that staff won't be present in the part, so that adjustment won't make sense. That said, currently most manual adjustments you make *before* generating parts will be inherited, so if there are adjustments you are confident will look good if made the same way in both the score and parts despite their different formatting, just make those before generating parts.
If you just want staff text to appear below the staff on general principles, don't move it manually - simply change the definition of the "staff text" style. Or, for the ones indicating dynamics, simply apply the "dynamics" text style to the symbols. Or use custom symbols as mentioned. For the brackets, you are better off using the provided symbols rather than using staff text. There are round brackets on the Note Heads palette, also square brackets on the Symbols palette.