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).
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?..).
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.
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!