A section tacet in one instrument
Is it possible to hide an empty section of an instrument in the parts?
I would like to have a text frame with the word "Tacet" instead of the empty score in soprano in Kyrie.
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One thing preventing the "Hide empty staves" are those tempo texts "Allegretto". Maybe making this invisible would help already?
In reply to One thing preventing the … by Jojo-Schmitz
Tempo markings are for the entire system, so I cannot delete them in just soprano.
However, I tried to make Select all invisible in the part, which hid the tempo markings and rests, but the change from 2/4 to 3/8 remained there and the staff did not disappear.
In reply to Tempo markings are for the… by roeselmarek
Make invisible is not delete ;-)
Maybe the same trick works with that time signature
In reply to Make invisible is not delete… by Jojo-Schmitz
Almost there. The word Soprano has no options in the Inspector, so it remained visible.
But good enough.
Thank you!!
In reply to Almost there. The word… by roeselmarek
It is the long instrument name in staff properties, you could remove it
In reply to Make invisible is not delete… by Jojo-Schmitz
Looks like this now.
In reply to Looks like this now. by roeselmarek
You could hide the barlines too
In reply to You could hide the barlines… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, I have not noticed them, only the end one.
In reply to Looks like this now. by roeselmarek
Add a normal note-anchored line over the whole section for that part. Make it invisible in the main score.
Change line height (at least 4sp, but go a bit higher for ease of use; like 10sp) and disable automatic placement. Then position it on top of the staff and change the color to white.
Add Tacet as staff text to the first measure. Mark it invisible in the main score.
Make sure the stacking order value of it is higher than that of the line, so it gets placed on top of it.
In reply to Add a normal note-anchored… by jeetee
If I attempt to add a note-anchored line to a single note, nothing happens.
If I attempt to add a note-anchored line to several notes, musescore crashes.
I like the idea, understand its principle, but one would wish for a less awkward way of doing it. Although I understand musescore was intended for orchestral music first of all.
In reply to Tempo markings are for the… by roeselmarek
So in the end it does not work.
If I put a frame to soprano part, it appears also in other parts.
When I delete it in bass, it disappears also from soprano.
But empty line with tiny "Soprano" is still better than the staff.
Is there a way of placing white frame as a layer over the score and the text frame on the top? I know this is rather rough, but straightforward.
Well, with all your help I have done it.
I sacrificed the "Soprano" and "S." It actually looks better now. But I didn't have to.
The trick with a thick white line worked well, only it had to be inserted from the palette as musescore crashed when I tried to add it through the menu Add>...
On the other hand, it would be nice to be able to control visibility of each instance of the element "Instrument" without a patch.
Making the score invisible didn't work. The staff lines remained visible, which I discovered only when I printed it. I have no idea how to get rid of them, but I assume it does not matter.
Thank you all very, very much.
I also look for Tacet symbol and found Caesura under Breaths & Pauses