Having trouble merging staves
I'm having trouble merging staves. I forget if I made these in Musescore or imported a midi, but it is supposed to be a guitar part. It somehow got on two staves. I went to Layout and change instruments, but I see no box to check merge. Is there a way to do this?
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Try https://handbook.musescore.org/notation/instruments-staves-and-systems/… Be sure to save a backup copy before you make changes with an unfamiliar tool!
If that doesn't work, I recommend you attach your score (.MSCZ file) rather than an image.
In reply to Try https://handbook… by TheHutch
I tried following the handbook's instructions for imploding. I imploded each staff separately and then tried to implode both, but it didn't work. I have a sneaking suspician that even if successful it will look awful. My experience with lute tab has shown that you can only have the same note values for each chord. This part is sounding like it would on a guitar, i.e. open strings ringing on.
I should add that following chatGPT's instructions (below), every time I tried to paste, it would crash.
Copy the contents of one staff:
Click on the first measure of the staff you want to merge.
Press Ctrl+A (Cmd+A on Mac) to select all.
Press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C) to copy.
Paste into the other staff:
Click on the first measure of the destination staff (the one you want to keep).
Press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V) to paste.
MuseScore will paste the notes, adjusting them to fit the tab if possible.
Delete the now-empty staff:
Right-click (or Ctrl-click) the staff you don't need anymore.
Choose Staff/Part Properties.
Click Remove from Score.
In reply to I should add that following… by edurbrow
"... following chatGPT's instructions (below), every time I tried to paste, it would crash."
Follow the guidance provided by an immature AI system ??
Expected result: immediate crash
Actual result: immediate crash
Good luck ;-)
In reply to "... following chatGPT's… by DanielR
"I forget if I made these in Musescore or imported a midi, but it is supposed to be a guitar part."
I really doubt this score was written with MuseScore. Et what about a guitar that appears as two independent staves with two Bass clefs!? I'd say it was originally a MIDI file (look at the mess of rhythms and voices - image below) which was then saved in MusicXML format, since this is the source indicated in the Project Properties.
As a result, I don't know if there's any good advice to give you in the state this score is in. It's almost prohibitive (at least, the damaged part), unless you rewrite the whole thing, or find a better, more reliable source.
MuseScore can't repair a faulty file for you, at least not miraculously and with just a couple of clicks :)