I am trying to add text for all instruments (like “Verse 1”) so I am using tempo markers. But when I enter the words “Verse 1” the tempo tool always adds “q = 72”.
Is there another way to add text that will show in all layouts?
All parts you mean? Yes Ctrl/Cmd-Alt-X adds System Text that appears for all parts, Ctrl-X is text just for the part you’re on.
It’s Shift+Alt+X for system-attached text and Shift+X for staff-attached text (Ctrl+X is of course the standard shortcut for cutting items to the clipboard).
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Hi @dspreadbury,
Is there a way of preventing system-attached text from breaking multi-measure rests?
At the moment I am trying to add information at the end of each cue (flow) – for example, letting the conductor and the players know the length of the gap between cues in a live-to-picture score (1:28 to 3M2 … etc.)
However, when I attach this to the final bar in the full score, regardless of where in the bar I place it, it breaks multi-measure rests in the parts if there happen to be multi-measure rests at the end of a piece.
Thanks,
Anthony
I’m afraid not: text will always break multi-bar rests unless it is attached right at the start of the first bar that is consolidated into the multi-bar rest. There aren’t great options here: you could add the text at the start of the multi-bar rest, but of course that would probably require you to use staff-attached text and do it in each part individually. Or you could add text frames in each part layout, but that’s a lot of manual work, and of course creates an overridden page in the layout that could impact future formatting changes.
It’s possible to add a Fine repeat marker right on the final barline, which doesn’t break the multirest. You can change the text in the Properties panel. I use it for things like attacca. The possibility to attach other objects to the final barline would also be nice, though (cautionary time and key signatures perhaps?..).
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For what it’s worth, when I was formatting parts for a live film score concert, I think I also ended up putting the “time to next cue” in as system-attached text, at the position of whatever the last section-breaking-item was (ie the nearest place to the end of the flow that wouldn’t result in any multi-bar rest splits) and positioning it manually.
Given that the requested look involved positioning these items manually to the right of final barlines anyway, having some be in a slightly different place didn’t massively affect the workflow. Ymmv.
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Hi Peter,
Thank you for this brilliant suggestion!
It works perfectly. I can even go into “Paragraph Styles” and alter the settings for the “Repeat Marker Sections” to add a border, adjust font sizes (score & parts), etc.
Best wishes for a great weekend!