Simple VERY Noobie question: What is a SYSTEM?
I've searched the manual and Google'd this and nowhere do I find a definition. It must be a very basic Musical Structure, but I would appreciate someone explaining what it actually is?
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A set of staves to be read simultaneously in a score.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/glossary
In reply to A set of staves to be read… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you!! Makes the learning process so much easier when there's easy to find answers to basic questions <3
A musical line with more than one staves (instruments). (Played simultaneously)
1:
violin : ----- = stave
2:
|flute --
|violin--
|viola -- = System (staves together)
|bass --
Some terms that can help to understand: staves per system, systems per page.
In reply to A musical line with more… by Ziya Mete Demircan
In MuseScore and among some of the contributors to this forum, a system can consist of a single staff. Basically, a new system starts every time the instruments start a new line.
In reply to In MuseScore and among some… by mike320
Yes, I didn't specifically mention it to avoid confusion :)
Technically: a single line (stave) can be defined as a system. Just as a single note can be defined as a chord; Like a choir with only one member :)
In reply to Yes, I didn't specifically… by Ziya Mete Demircan
<< a single note can be defined as a chord >>
Yes when chord is used in its MuseScore signification (then actually lot of chords are single notes), but never for a music chord.
In reply to Yes, I didn't specifically… by Ziya Mete Demircan
The reason I mentioned it is to avoid confusion. If the user decides to use the General styles to space his score he needs to know what will happen if he changes system or staff spacing.
As a related aside. Max and Min System Spacing are very good for making a solo score look nice. This isn't true of scores such as for an orchestra where instruments are used on only some pages. There is no Min and Max staff spacing to make each page with a single system to fill the page :(
In reply to The reason I mentioned it is… by mike320
Indeed. It's been discussed and is a good idea in principle, but the complication is figuring out what to do in cases where there is room to play with both staff and system distance on the same page - how should MuseScore decide which to prioritize when filling? It's not an unsolvable problem, just one that hasn't received enough attention for a solution to present itself.
In reply to Yes, I didn't specifically… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Okay, that's where I draw the line! I ain't ever telling that one singer, "So...sing that chord in measure 2, if you would." I am NOT going to be looked at like I'm some lost soul who wandered into the practice, saw that they (well, he or she, since there's only one!) needed a director and grabbed the baton! I can't, I won't...don't make me!
In reply to Okay, that's where I draw… by Anonymous
MuseScore doesn't understand human. Makes you wonder where the programmer came from. ;)
In reply to A musical line with more… by Ziya Mete Demircan
<< one staves (instruments) >>
Attention that the link 1 stave = 1 instrument is a limitation of MuseScore, normally you should be able to put several instruments on a stave.
In reply to << one staves (instruments) … by frfancha
:)
In reply to << one staves (instruments) … by frfancha
It seems that will be possible in 3.0
Thank you all for the help. While I did search the Handbook, I never thought of a Glossary... my bad.
In reply to Thank you all for the help. … by Michael Balamuth
And now thanks to all for the detailed discussion... very enlightening!
In reply to And now thanks to all for… by Michael Balamuth
Here's one more... (The topic came up again.)
See:
https://musescore.org/sites/musescore.org/files/2017-11/Nomenclature.png
Regards.