Version 4.2
I need instructions to make music print bigger on the paper - - FOR 4.2, PLEASE - -
Format / Page Settings / Scaling allows me to make notes look enormous on the screen which I don’t need, and there’s nothing else I can do to make any difference to the printed copy. Apply To All Parts button is pointless.
One wonders why one bothers to keep updating one’s software when all the help available is for some version that was superseded five years ago. Many thanks in anticipation.
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You wrote:
Format / Page Settings / Scaling allows me to make notes look enormous on the screen...
Sure, it allows that, but why intentionally make notes look enormous?
Using Format / Page Settings / Scaling, avoid cranking the value of Staff space (sp) up to such an undesirable setting. You can observe the score change as you click the up/down arrows, or you can use the mouse wheel to "spin" the values higher/lower.
Scaling is the way to go if you want the music to appear bigger on the paper.
If you want the notes to appear smaller on the screen, use the zoom out feature.
If you are looking at your score in MuseScore using page view, you will see how big your notes are relative to the page, but you can still zoom in and out to make it appear big or small on the screen.
And this did not change between version 3 and 4 as far as I understand.
In reply to Scaling is the way to go. If… by AndreasKågedal
Thank you. Scaling just isn't working for me. It's making no difference whatever. Also, the program doesn't quit properly, so I'm wondering if I've got some kind of bug.
In reply to Thank you. Scaling just isn… by Clt2022
Just double checking that you are modifying the right setting for scaling. Here is the handbook description of Scaling:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/score-size-and-spacing#scaling
It is not super clear but the thing you should update is the field called "Staff space (sp)". A bigger number will make the notes and everything else bigger on the paper.
In reply to Just double checking that… by AndreasKågedal
Thank you. As far as I could understand it, I have followed that, although it is extremely computeristic.
In reply to Just double checking that… by AndreasKågedal
This is what I'm struggling with. Look at all that white space. I want to use it up. I want the notes to be bigger. I want more ink on the paper. "Format / Page Settings / Scaling" puts more space between the staffs but it doesn't make the notes bigger.
In reply to This is what I'm struggling… by Clt2022
Please attach the actual MuseScore (.mscz) file:
MuseScore_file.mscz
In reply to Please attach the actual… by Jm6stringer
Very curious to know why you want the Musescore file but happy to oblige
In reply to Very curious to know why you… by Clt2022
The pdf file you attached (a single instrument - lots of "white space") is very different from the .mscz file - which shows 4 instruments.
Okay, what do you wish to do with the .mscz file?
Is it big enough?
4-Edelweiss-bigger.mscz
Or maybe you want your .mscz on 2 pages:
4-Edelweiss2.mscz
In reply to The pdf file you attached (a… by Jm6stringer
I want to print the parts out separately, each part on one page. Thank you
In reply to I want to print the parts… by Clt2022
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/parts#exporting-and-printing-parts
In reply to This is what I'm struggling… by Clt2022
If I understand correctly, you want the notes on the parts to be larger, but in the score they should remain normal size.
You need to know that the page formatting in the parts can be selected independently of the score. So, create the parts and format the pages there with a different, larger scaling value. If you carry out formatting in one part, "Apply to all parts" also works.
Attached is a PDF in which I have made these adjustments using MuS 3.7. I am sure it works similar in MuS 4.
In reply to If I understand correctly,… by HildeK
That's brilliant! Thank you. If only I could do it myself.
In reply to That's brilliant! Thank you… by Clt2022
> If only I could do it myself.
Ok, I don't know the detailed behavior in MuS4 because I can't use it. Maybe there is a regression to MuS 3.x.
However, try the following:
In reply to > If only I could do it… by HildeK
Wow! Thank you so much! I'm half way home! That seems to have fixed it, one page at a time. Apply to all parts didn't work though. Have to change each part individually.
Yes. Seems like I might have been better off without the last two updates. Thank you very much. You've been very helpful.