number of measures in a staff
I can't seem to resolve an issue i have had for some time now. I created a score form a template i created. this is the easy way for me since i'm always dealing with the same number of instruments/musicians. This also includes the instrument parts.
i am attaching a score with 6 horn parts: Trumpet, Alto Sax 1, Alto Sax 2, Tenor Sax, Trombone and Bari Sax. The sax parts for the most parts are identical.Theyt are either playing the root notes/octaves or the fifth, in this case Alto 1 is playing the 5th. When I look at the parts I notice the Bari Sax and Alto 2 are using two pages where as the other sax are one page. I have been looking for the reason why this is happening for some time now. I'm assuming it is something I did (usually how it goes).
My goal is to print what ever I do so the other musicians can clearly see the print. We're all up there in age so vision tends to get funny. that is why i have the staff size at 120% and i understand that yea, you make the staff bigger it'll push everything to the right. i get it. what i don't get is that why some take two pages and some take one when their nearly identical
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Any help is appreciated.
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Musescore adjusts each page layout based upon the notes present, accidentals, etc. and where each element lies in relation to the preceding and succeeding element. A very slight change can result in one more or one fewer measures per line and those changes build up to cause two parts to be significantly different in terms of layout. The notes may be identical in terms of duration but their positions on the staff differ and those differences influence the layout.
It can even be something as subtle as whether one part has all notes stem-down in one section and the other has some stem-down and some stem-up. (In the Part for Alto Sax 2, try [Ctrl]a to select everything and then use Inspector to set all notes stem-down - watch what happens to the spacing).
The best ting to do is write all the music, generate Parts and then finer-tune each Part individually to get the best appearance and fit.
In reply to Musescore adjusts each page by underquark
Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. it's funny you mention the stem position. sometimes the main score page will have stems pointing up and when i go to a part the stem is pointing down. i just fix it in the part.
The answer lies in how MuseScore sets the spacing for a note. In the Alto 2 and Bari parts there are several measures that have stems pointing up. MuseScore considers notes with the stems pointed up to be wider than notes with the stem pointed down since the stem is on the right side of the note. MuseScore sets the space from the farthest point on the right. I know it sounds silly, but that's the gist of what is happening. You can adjust the number of measures on a staff by selecting the measures with the stems pointed up and pressing { to reduce the measure stretch until the lines break at the same spot. Start at the top and work down on this for best results.
underquark made a good point I didn't make clear. Make these adjustments on the parts, not the score.
In reply to The answer lies in how by mike320
thanks for the explanation and the help. with the { } i could adjust a single measure and get it to one page for a part without making the measure too small.
You are simply just at the possible limit with tenor Sax, but for Alto and Bar with 3 sharps , they pass just the limit for 4 measures and they pass to 3.
Verify this in , like my picture, selectionning 1st measure of Bar , right click, at the bottom measure proprieties, at the bottom on the right, change 1.00 to .080 . It's suffisant to pass at 4 measures.
I'm often obliged to do that in severals measures in a same ligne, and sometimes, it's OK only with the last measure.
For the 120 %, if you speak of the Zoom, no matter for the number of measure, it's onlt for the vew of your screen.
If you don't use it, have a look to the LIGNES BREAKS, very useful for the aspect of the page.
In reply to You are simply just at the by Raymond Wicquart
thank you. i'm learning something new almost every time i'm using this.