alternating system types within one piece
Hello! I need to set a piece of music that alternates system types.
For example: several measures with three voices, then several measures with two voices, then back to three voices, etc. The clefs are different too. It's SATB alternating with three B voices. The three-voice systems use the treble clef, tenor clef (treble with '8'), and bass clef; the two-voice systems have two bass clefs. What should I search for, or, how do I set it up?
Thank you.
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Add all the staves and insztruments you need, enter the music and finally "Hide empty staves"
In reply to Add all the staves and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you so much. The empty staff doesn't seem to hide. In this piece, there is an alternation between SATB and Bass part only. When it is SATB, only one staff is needed for Bass. When it is a Bass solo, SA and T do disappear, but when SATB, the extra B doesn't hide.
In reply to Thank you so much. The empty… by carlreimann
Another way to ask the question: How do I set up a score that alternates between SATB (needing three staves SA + T + B) and a Bass trio (needing two staves, both Bass)? Does it have to be a kluge, where I make separate pieces of music and glue them together as images?
Another attempt: using choral + piano, and relabeling piano as Bass. When S A T B are filled, the formerly piano staves are not hiding. But when S A T B are empty and formerly piano staves filled, the S A T B do hide as hoped.
In reply to Another attempt: using… by carlreimann
Your pictures look like they include the first system.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/showing-staves-only-where-needed#sc…
and especially this part:
"MuseScore will normally continue to show all staves on the first system, in accordance with common convention. If you would like to force MuseScore to hide empty staves on the first system as well, disable the Don't hide empty staves in first system option in the dialog."
In reply to Your pictures look like they… by Jm6stringer
Perfect! Thank you so much indeed.