Add Instrument for just one page of a score?
I'm trying to transcribe an orchestral score that has a single staff allocated to the cello and bass (as for nearly the whole they are in fact playing the same notes). However, towards the end of the piece there are a few bars where they're not playing the same notes. Seeing as their respective lines during this period cross one another (making it impractical to put as two voices on the same staff), the original publisher chose to temporarily add a second staff linked below the original Vc.& Basso staff for the bass' notes during this brief span (the two staves are bracketed together similar to how one often sees violin 1's and 2's bracketed together).
Is it possible to duplicate this, i.e. to add an instrument (or rather just a linked staff to my Vc/Basso line) for just a page or two in the midst of the score? I obviously don't want to have an entire extra part to print out for bass when there's only a few bars of the whole that are different.
Thanks in advance!
Comments
add the instrument/staff, enter the notes, use "Hide empty staves"
In reply to add the instrument/staff,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo, your input is invaluable, and swift...thanks so much, again!
In reply to add the instrument/staff,… by Jojo-Schmitz
So if I do that it will be possible to have that additional "instrument" bracketed with the Vc. + Basso part when i part it out?
In reply to add the instrument/staff,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hmm, I added a staff 2 below the staff 1 of VC/BS, but it seems even with "hide empty staves" selected, it shows the whole whole rest of the piece's empty measures. When I add it as a new instrument altogether it displays only the bars where the notes exist, but I'm not sure how to see to it that they get linked like that in the same part since they're technically different instrument staves now.
In reply to add the instrument/staff,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Nevermind I figured it out, when creating the part, just select both the Vilon cello/Basso and the newly created Basso part (for just those few bars where they differ) with "hide empty staves" selected, then it will link them together in the same part for printing.
Thanks again so much Jojo-Schmitz.
By the way, I'm curious, are you one of the programmers?
In reply to Nevermind I figured it out… by DesignLov3
I'm a contributor, also of source code.
In reply to I'm a contributor, also of… by Jojo-Schmitz
So, as it turns out, it seems that the "hiding empty stave" isn't going to be a viable solution, on account of it hides all empty staves, which in many instances are to be preserved in the conductors score (for instance the SATB). I just need to make it so there's a bracketed stave to the Cello/basso stave for those few bars where they're not playing the same notes (and since the voices cross this can not be represented as multiple voices through those measures), or to be able to hide the empty staves of just the newly created basso "instrument" solely for this "divisi". Is it possible to hide the selectively hide empty staves for a particular insturment alone?Or, Any other ideas, sir? So there's no way to add/remove instruments throughout portions of the score?
In reply to So, as it turns out, it… by DesignLov3
Change those staves to never hide, via their staff properties
In reply to Change those staves to never… by Jojo-Schmitz
Voila! okay great, I'll give that a whirl later when I get back from work.. thanks as always
In reply to So, as it turns out, it… by DesignLov3
Much easier, leave "Hide empty staves" off but then go to Staff Properties for the staff you want to appear & disappear, and set it to "Hide when empty: Always".
In reply to Much easier, leave "Hide… by Marc Sabatella
Much easier
if you only want to affect 1 instrument, but hide empty staves in the style settings is often better if you want a lot staves empty. You also have the option to set hide this staff to never in staff/part properties. In short, version 3 gives you lots of flexibility for hiding staves, we haven't even mentioned instrument yet.
In reply to Much easier, leave "Hide… by Marc Sabatella
Marc, I like the sound of your proposed solution, however that option does not seem to appear under staff properties for Muse 1.2 or 2.3? (these are the versions I have on my antiquated machine, Mac 10.6.7, windows XP bootcamp.) I'm assuming 2.3 is the highest version I can get for my XP bootcamp, as, if I remember correctly, that was the version that was automatically downloaded from the site?
In reply to Marc, I like the sound of… by DesignLov3
Indeed, 2.3.2 was the last version that still supported Windows XP, the options you're missing are in MuseScore 3 though.
MuseScore 3 needs at least Windows 7 or macOS 10.10