Creating a Piano Intro for Flute music
I am writing a music score for a flute part, but the first 4 bars is a Piano Introduction, but I only need a Piano double stave for the first 4 bars only and the rest of the score to be the flute part, is there any way in musescore that I can do this???? My only option is to put a 4 bar rest which is not how the composer has done it. Any suggestion would be fab
Thank you
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You are looking for 'hide empty staves'...
In reply to You are looking for 'hide by Jojo-Schmitz
I tried that option and it didn't format right.
In reply to I tried that option and it by barreaupearl
Then try to insert a horizontal frame after the 4th measure and make that as small as possible. Or show your score here...
In reply to Then try to insert a by Jojo-Schmitz
No that doesn't work either as the 3 staves still appear when I only want the 2 staves for the piano intro which is 4 bars followed by a single stave of flute music for 36 bars. I haven't completed the score yet as I have been messing with the settings trying to get it to the way I want.
In reply to No that doesn't work either by barreaupearl
I think if you re-read "hide empty staves" and are careful not to miss anything, it will work. Let us know.
In reply to I think if you re-read "hide by xavierjazz
Hey Xavierjazz!!!
Thank you so much for your help, managed to resolving the issue by using both hiding empty staves and putting a horizontal frame after the 4 bar intro and it looks exactly how I want to look, thanks again so much for helping me I really appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!
In reply to Hey Xavierjazz!!! Thank you by barreaupearl
Actually either had been my hints :-)
In reply to Then try to insert a by Jojo-Schmitz
Extending on Jm6stringer's example, using the horizontal frame I mentioned
In reply to I tried that option and it by barreaupearl
It does format correctly if used correctly. What went wrong, specifically? And it's always easier to answer questions if you attach the score (not just a picture of it, but the actual MSCZ file)
"2 staves for the piano intro which is 4 bars followed by a single stave of flute music for 36 bars".
As mentioned earlier, posting your score is always good to do.
However, please see the attachment.
In Musescore 1.3, click on menu item: Style / Edit General Style / Score and unclick 'Hide empty staves' to see the full score, as entered.
You can also make the piano notes smaller, if preferred - right click on a section, then change to small in Note (Chord) Properties. Also, the measures can be re-numbered, if desired.
Regards..
It is good practice to display all the instruments used in a score in the first system.
This avoids the confusion that a player might mistake the piece for a piano solo when first glancing at the score.
In reply to It is good practice to by ChurchOrganist
That in turn is not possible in 1.x, but will be in 2.0 once it gets released...
In reply to That in turn is not possible by Jojo-Schmitz
To be clear, it's not possible to *automatically* force all instruments to be displayed in the first system. But it's quite possible to achieve that effect, by seeding the otherwise empty staves with invisible / silent notes (a single note per staff does the trick).
In reply to To be clear, it's not by Marc Sabatella
Ah, yes, forgot about that trick
Taking a cue from pop sheet music...
See attachment: 'Flute with piano intro 2.mscz'
Regards.