Help formatting layout on this piece to look even
Hi there.
I'm still new to musescore and slowly edging my way into it.
I need help fixing up the layout of this piece i notated, and would appreciate guidance. I've been reading and googling and cant figure it out.
(Project file attatched)
Here's what it looks like with default spacing:
I would like to have 4 systems on the first page, and 5 on the next, and have everything equally layed out, but havent been able to figure out how to do this.
UPDATE: I tried raising the 'minimum staff distance' untill the systems divided that way, and this is how it looks now: (raised minimum staff difference from 3.5 up to 8.5)
Its looking much better, but still not sure how to even things out more with page 1 so that it doesnt look so 'spacey' in regards to page 2, and hoping for suggestions :)
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Comments
You could have used a page break at measure 16
In reply to You could have used a page… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the advice Jojo.
![Screenshot 2025-04-04 171447.png]()
So i just tried that, and now i have this issue.
any ideas?
In reply to Thanks for the advice Jojo… by stringsofhope1
For course now you need to turn the page break on measure 21 into a system break, like it was before
Maybe like this?
In reply to Maybe like this? by HildeK
Thanks for trying to help :)
The way though that each line is currently arranged is on purpose so it wouldnt be a valid solution in this case.
In reply to Thanks for trying to help :)… by stringsofhope1
Try making the frame that contains the title bigger. That will move the first system down and squeeze the other systems on the first page closer together. Or add a spacer to the bottom stave of page 1 to move that up and again squeeze the other systems closer together.
See https://handbook.musescore.org/formatting/pages-and-vertical-spacing for more ideas on how to adjust layout