Hello,
I have a project for a solo instrument- I am not sure why the score layout is so different than the part layout. Is there a way to make the part layout the same as the score layout? I like how the score layout is, but the part layout is all messed up. I have hairpins overlapping measures and making no sense at all, and it is difficult to fix it manually. Thanks.
Could you post some pictures of what you mean?
Well, I was able to fix the overlapping hairpins on measures- I just moved measures to different systems. But here are pictures of the score layout on page 2 and the parts layout for page 2 and 3. When I try to get the parts layout exactly like the scores layout, the measures get all jumbled and I can not get measure 29 and 30 to stay on page 2 without it going to page 3.
It looks like I figured it out- I did command+ click for the start and ending measures I wanted to make into a frame onto one page, and then clicked “make into frame,” and it worked!
Yep. And also, your dynamics don’t seemed to be grouped together much (if at all). Whenever I have a p < f > p… or something like this… I group them together so that they stay aligned everywhere. Does this make sense?
Are your layout settings EXACTLY the same as the Full Score? When you look at those settings, is the correct layout (the Part, not Full Score) on the right-hand side highlighted? Settings for each are completely independent - if you want them to look the same for the Full Score and the Part, all settings (rastral size, margins, staff spacing inside the margins, note spacing, staff spacings/minimum distances, etc.) will need to be EXACTLY the same to get the same look as the Full Score.
You can force much of this to make it work, but it’s better to adjust the [MANY] parameters affecting spacing and staff [rastral] size so that it will happen automatically – the results will be much better. (Plus, you learn something about all those parameters for future projects.)
Keep asking questions!
Show signposts, and I suspect you’ll see an existing system or frame break signpost that’s forcing Dorico’s hand here.
If you want 2 bars per system for most of this project, you can set a fixed casting off value that will produce that result without you having to add system breaks. You can of course still override that with manual system breaks (if you want a single bar on one system, say, or three on another)
As to what’s different between scores and parts: there are a number of key differences. They use a different page template set generally, so that parts show the part name on the first page. Score layouts show staff labels, whereas part layouts don’t. The size of staves is generally 7mm in parts, but might be smaller in scores depending on the ensemble size or project template you started from.
Is there any reason (since this is a solo piece) why you need to use the part layout at all rather than using the score layout instead?
Well, I do this all the time. Scores and parts are set up to show different things, like staff labels at the beginning of each system in scores, or multi measure rests in parts.
I could configure scores to look like parts, of course, but why should I, wenn the parts layout already does it perfectly?
But if @mameza7 wants the part to look more like the score…
