Maybe I am dumb, but I have a piece that has three staves for a piano but only sometimes, and I would like to hide the bottom staff when it is not playing. Any thoughts on the best way to go about this?
Check Layout Options->Verical Spacing->Staff Visibillity->Hide Empty Staves
Jesper
You can also right-click anywhere and use Staff->Remove Staff and Add Staff Below when needed again.
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Do you have to do it system by system?
Not with the first method: Hide Empty Staves
Jesper
With the second method, it will be removed until you add it again.
You can also insert system breaks where you want the number of staves to change, and then click on the system brake handle and a little manual pop-up that will allow you to decide exactly what gets displayed and what gets hidden.
Using the generic “hide empty staves“ is the quickest way to go about it and then adding one or two system breaks where the automatic algorithm doesn’t figure out how you want it is going to be the quickest and easiest way.
Also, make sure that you select the checkbox “allow single staves of a multi staff instrument to be hidden”.
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Is it possible to generally hide empty staves in systems, but to manually/individually re-show staves only in certain systems, if desired?
right-click>Staff>manual staff visibility
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Thank you so much! That’s very helpful!
You can use a normal two staff piano and add a temporary third staff only where you need it. I think that is simpler.
EDIT: I just saw that @jesele proposed this already.
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I’m trying to hide the vocal staff by right-clicking and going through to Staff Visibility, and hiding it, but nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?
Same problem. What I am doing wrong way?
It has to be done at system breaks, so you cannot do it mid stave. (The team has indicated that they plan to address this in future.)
Hard to say what you’re doing wrong without knowing precisely what you are doing.
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Hello Romanos, I’m transitioning from FINALE and slowly getting the hang of it. As someone who works with concert band scores, I used to configure various staff sets to more easily see and work with just woodwinds or brass but also include a chord progression staff and/or piano or percussion with a particular group. Then I could assign that grouping a name and when I was writing I could choose that particular group. Any help you can offer here to set up staff sets when in WRITE mode?
welcome @ajwittig
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You are responding to a three-year-old Post, and I’m pleased to report that many things have changed in the meantime. You can always filter instruments / groups during entry in fill view or galley view. Alternatively, you can set up alternate layouts with just the instruments you want to work on, and then simply not print them when all is said and done.
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Thank you. Just learning and trying to FORGET Finale and understand this is totally different setup for each task you want to accomplish.
AW
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